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From: dnewton@carroll1.UUCP (Dave 'Post No Nicknames' Newton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Want a fast Atari ST...how about a '030 chip?
Message-ID: <848@carroll1.UUCP>
Date: 12 Nov 89 04:27:01 GMT
References: <1989Nov4.195456.16444@lth.se> <23787@cup.portal.com> <23808@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: dnewton@carroll1.UUCP (Dave 'Post No Nicknames' Newton)
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In article <23808@cup.portal.com> Xorg@cup.portal.com (Peter Ted Szymonik) writes:
>Yes its true!  Dave Small has teamed up with Jim Allen of Fast
>Technologies to make an add-on board for the ST which will run
>a '030 chip at 16MHz!!  Reportly this board speeds Spectre GCR
>to Mac IIci speeds!  I didn't ctach all of the GEnie CO last night,

   Since the IIci uses a 25MHz 68030, I can't see how this will come close to
IIci speeds.

   Will they also port a Unix to make use of the 68030's built-in MMU?  That
would be a Win.

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