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From: kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A3000 Rumor - InfoWorld
Message-ID: <24903@swrinde.nde.swri.edu>
Date: 17 Jan 90 14:53:01 GMT
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Reply-To: kent@swrinde.UUCP (Kent D. Polk)
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In article <480ec12c.19ac2@wasp.engin.umich.edu> gilgalad@caen.UUCP (Ralph Seguin) writes:
>Hmmm.... Well, I have an Amiga 2500/30.  I am rather pleased with it. That
>is to say, it's fast fast fast.   I am of the opinion that the 3000 will have
>features that will merit the higher cost.  I don't think it will be a 25 MHz
>machine, unless it is an 040 machine.  32 bit slots?   I doubt it.  The only
>real use for 32 bit slots is for memory.  Can you imagine a 32 bit multifunction
>card?  32 bit custom chips, however, seem to be an interesting prospect.

Maybe not a 32 bit multifunction card, but I sure could use a couple of
32 bit card slots for high-speed data acquisition and specialized
number crunching. I'm not sure that my wishes would be worth the extra
cost, but I sure wouldn't complain if they put them in.

If it has provision for 32bit memory cards on the bus, then I expect
I could make very good use of that space for pulling in waveforms at
a pretty good clip :^)

Also, what about other high-speed applications that could make use
of a 32 bit path - like coprocessors and graphics accellerators?

Kent Polk