Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!sbcs!decvax.dec.com!shlump.nac.dec.com!wjg.enet.dec.com!guineau From: guineau@wjg.enet.dec.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: A3000 CPU slot Message-ID: <11007@shlump.nac.dec.com> Date: 3 May 90 22:25:52 GMT References: <11207@cbmvax.commodore.com> Sender: newsdaemon@shlump.nac.dec.com Reply-To: guineau@wjg.enet.dec.com Distribution: comp Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Marlboro, MA Lines: 18 >>1. Does it operate in the same way as the one in the 2000? >> That is take over from the motherboard CPU. > >Yes. There are actually several takeover and clocking options for >a Coprocessor slot card. Take Over! You mean no one will (can) design a set of CPU's for the A3000 and hack SMP into AmigaDOS? Amiga Unix? :-) Heck, even if it wasn't SMP, an 'extra' 68030 hanging around the mother board seems like an awfull waste... How about a pfork() call that sends part of the code off on another processor?!? --- W. John Guineau guineau@wjg.enet.dec.com Digital Equipment Corporation Marlboro MA. 01752