Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!inria!bull.bull.fr!cediag!Patrick.Hayes From: Patrick.Hayes@cediag.bull.fr (Patrick Hayes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Surely a IIFX blows an Amiga 3000 away, right? Message-ID: Date: 30 Oct 90 10:34:49 GMT References: <1990Oct21.033559.31136@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1990Oct25.145831.27887@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: news@bull.bull.fr Organization: Cediag Bull S.A., Louveciennes, France Lines: 19 In-reply-to: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu's message of 25 Oct 90 14:58:31 GMT In article <1990Oct25.145831.27887@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes: > 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. Or given the existance of Dove's inexpensive 030 accelerators for Mac II's which have a number of constraints in common with adapting a 040 for the fx, maybe not expensive at all... 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 | +-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+