Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!rutgers!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixb.cc.columbia.edu!es1 From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Surely a IIFX blows an Amiga 3000 away, right? Message-ID: <1990Oct25.145831.27887@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Date: 25 Oct 90 14:58:31 GMT References: <1990Oct21.033559.31136@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: news@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Daily News) Organization: Columbia University Lines: 33 In article Patrick.Hayes@cediag.bull.fr (Patrick Hayes) writes: >In article <1990Oct21.033559.31136@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes: > >> The A3000 has an advantage over the IIfx there because >>the A3000 is 25MHz, same as the 040, and the CPU direct slot has >>200 pins which will make it more than easy to build a 68040 >>board. >You are of course aware of the existance of the Processor Direct Slot in the >FX? > Yes, there is one in the FX as well, but the 040 chip has 200 pins. The FX direct slot has something like 144, I forget the exact number. This means some kind of hardware interface will have to be created to handle it, likely an expensive card. >Pat >-- > >+-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ >| Patrick Hayes | EMail : Patrick.Hayes@cediag.bull.fr | >| BULL CEDIAG | or hayes@bull.fr | >| 68, Route de Versailles | or ...!mcvax!inria!bullfr!hayes | >| F-78430 Louveciennes FRANCE | Tel : (33 1) 39 02 49 55 | >+-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ -- Ethan Ethan Solomita: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu GorbachevAwards++; free (SovietUnion); IndependentRepublics += 15;