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From: auyeung@iris.ucdavis.edu (Tak [UlTech] AuYeung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: LUCAS, how good is it?
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Date: 22 Mar 90 07:28:21 GMT
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Due to budget limitations, I have decided to stick with my A1000 for
the rest of my Grad. School years.  But since I will be doing many AI
applications (Lisp programs), my <8MHz 68000 will not be able to
deliver enough processing power for me.

I could get a fast 9600bps modem and use the Apollo workstations at
school, but (1) the modem is not cheap and (2) the Apollo's are not
much faster than my A1000.

So I decide to beef up the A1000.  I have heard that the LUCAS (and its
memory board) is an inexpensive way to add more processing power.  But
I have several questions:

(1)	Exactly how fast is it?  (speedup factor w/o 881)
(2)	Are there hacks to make it work with a Supra4x4?
(3)	Are the parts hard to find?  And where?
(4)	Is it upgradable to the 030?
(5)	Is it compatible with most s/w applications? (don't care games)
(6)	How fast are the RAMs for the memory board?
(7)	How much would it cost to have the LUCAS w/ 020 (no 881)
	and 2M of fast RAM?

Thank you very much for responding!

--Tak
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