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From: don@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Donald R Lloyd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Idea -- '030 board for 3000 (No, I'm not as confused as I sound :-)
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Date: 5 Aug 90 21:14:10 GMT
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	Just a semi-random thought that hit me not too long ago...

	How cheap/easy would it be to make an '030 board for the 3000?  This
would be much cheaper than similar 2000 products -- no need for 32-bit
RAM or SCSI controllers on board.  Since the 3000's processor slot allows
the '030 that's already there to work in conjunction with whatever's on the
accelerator, you could have a 33, 40, or 50 MHz '030 & optional '882 of similar
speed running with the 25 MHz handling some of the menial i/o type tasks.
This would probably be a good bit cheaper (though not as fast, of course)
as an '040 board, and would be do-able with chips that are already available.
A few empty sockets for some SRAMs for a small cache would be nice, too...

	(If you like my idea, buy me a 3000 and I'll let you use the idea
without threat of a Look & Feel suit... :-)

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