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From: craig@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Craig Hubley)
Subject: A1000 + LUCAS + FRANCES + Chassis + SCSI + HD + AMAX - experience
Message-ID: <1989Nov28.003433.7505@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 89 00:34:33 GMT

OK, so I'm actually calling for experience instead of providing it - sue me.
This is cross-posted to .tech because I imagine anyone who has solved tech
problems in this area (if nobody comes forward and admits doing the above)
will be found there, but the answers will be of interest to anyone planning
to expand an A1000.  Since the above is the cheapest way to get a Mac II
clone and loaded Amiga running, I imagine there'll be some interest in it...

Is anyone running the above combination (perhaps with an accelerator other
than LUCAS/FRANCES), or anything close to it ?  What problems have you had?

I intend to load up my Amiga with the above configuration - the FRANCES will
be full of RAM, the chassis will be reliable at 7.16 MHz, the HD will be a
standard SCSI because I want to buy big and be able to move it eventually to
another machine, probably a Unix machine.  The AMAX is there simply because
it's the cheapest Mac II I can imagine, given the rest of the configuration,
and I need a Mac II.

Things I am concerned about:

- Chassis disliking the 16-20 MHz processor.
- SCSI interface disliking the 68020's cacheing.
- unnamed future cards disliking either of the above.
- AMAX assuming bad things about the processor speed or hard drive.
- Partitioning the hard drive between Amiga and Mac.
- Transferring files between Amiga and Mac.
- Running an external Mac floppy from the faster Amiga - since the Mac drive
  is software-controlled, does the new speed affect things negatively?
- Power load for the whole mess.

Since hardware-hacking A1000s like this has begun to be the rage, I imagine
this will be a much-discussed set of questions.  

Thanks, email responses appreciated, and I'll sum it all up to the net.
If it works, this will scare hell out of the local Mac dealers... heh heh.
Now, isn't that worthwhile ?  C'mon, folks, tell me this is going to work.

Craig Hubley
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