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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Subject: Re: New Amiga questions: 2630 vs. GVP/Multisyncs
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Date: 19 Mar 90 18:08:39 GMT
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In article <23211@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> dwallach@riki.berkeley.edu (Dan Wallach) writes:
>I know I want a monitor that will work with ECS, but it has to
>work with the existing hardware.  The Sony's seem very nice, but I know
>very little about hooking them to the Amiga.  Will the 1302/1304 work
>with an unmodified Amiga analog-RGB output?

	Commodore is coming out with a bisync monitor and it will be
in the educational program. When it will be out, I don't know. It
shouldn't be long I don't think, but that's just a guess. BTW, you
have till the end of June to buy on discount.
>
>The salesman was extremely vague about the 2630 vs. the GVP board.
>He was saying how awesome the 2630 was and how "everbody else is
>just playing catch-up" with Commodore's wonderful product.  What's true?

	That's just not true. The GVP boards are faster, and come in
28, 33 and 40MHz versions. The design is much better, but they are
also more expensive. GVP does really seem to set the standard for
speed, but you get what you pay for.

>If I get an A2500/30, how much 32-bit memory can I add, and how fast?
>Does the 2630 take standard SIMM's?  Does a GVP 030 board run faster

	The 2500/30 lets you have up to 4MB on board. There is a
daughterboard which can add more memory, however, the daughterboard is
not yet in production. The GVP lets you have up to 8MB of RAM
expansion on board. I believe the CBM card requires you to solder the
RAM in. The GVP uses expensive RAM but it can be just snapped in.

>
>In summary, what's the nicest, most elegant way for me to have a 68030/68882
>Amiga with lots of memory, and compatibility with 1.4 and other future stuff?

	They both appear to be fully compatible in the future. You can
be sure that the Commodore will work with Unix. GVP claims that theirs
will too.

>
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