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From: lkoop@pnet01.cts.com (Lamonte Koop)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The new A500/030
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Date: 11 Oct 90 08:16:02 GMT
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elec135@canterbury.ac.nz writes:
>Anyone got an A500 which is dragging? Just need that extra bit of speed?
>
>I did.  There wasn't anything like LUCAS for the A500 and speedup cards were
>nearly non-existant for anything but Amiga 2000's out here in NZ. SO...
>
>
>I bought myself a 2630 card and installed it on my A500.  It only requires one
>hardware modification on the main board - the 7Meg signal has to come out to
>the expansion socket.  By making a small board which contains two 86 pin
>sockets I could plug the 2630 board in.
>
>Heaps faster!! More memory!! Only problem is it sits out in the open ..
>but I'm working on that.

Ahh....one little question: WHY?  Besides the fun of the experiment, that is.
There are 030 boards for the 500 now out. (and yes, they can use 32-bit
memory).  CSA makes one, and Imtronics is about to come out with one.

>Aren't Amiga's Great

Total Agreement here.

>- Mark  (tomlinson@elec.canterbury.ac.nz)
>or try 64 3 3371531 and mail to MARK TOMLINSON
>
>What's a disclaimer anyway?


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