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From: gerber@buzzer.enet.dec.com (Robert M. Gerber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Upgrading A3000s
Message-ID: <1990Sep19.095052@buzzer.enet.dec.com>
Date: 19 Sep 90 13:56:08 GMT
References: <4497@crash.cts.com>
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Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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In article <4497@crash.cts.com>, seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham)
writes:
|> I'm wondering...if someone were planning on upgrading their A3000 as soon as
|> '040 cards are available, would there be any difference in performance
between
|> an A3000-16/50 and an A3000-25/50?  
|> ...
|> While the cost between the two machines is fairly minimal when you consider
|> the performance difference (and I've already paid for my A3000-25/50), I'd
|> like to be able to suggest purchase and upgrade paths for some of my
|> customers, and this info would be most helpful.

The 68040 Card would probably be able to have its own clock crystal, causing
the
'040 to run faster than the '030.  However, the '040 will only access the Amiga
motherboard at the Amiga's clock speed.  Also, the difference in clock speeds
would require extra h/w to sync the '040 with the rest of the Amiga.  The
A3000-25 will give better speed now and with the '040 later.  Also, they may
want the A3000-25/100 for the extra disk space.  (I would...)

I hope this helps.
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