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From: lemke@radius.com (Steve Lemke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Accelerator Cards for SE...
Message-ID: <1369@radius.com>
Date: 17 Nov 90 02:52:49 GMT
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JEFF.BECKER@f1009.n124.z1.FIDONET.ORG (JEFF BECKER) writes:

}Does anyone have experiecnce with SE accerator cards? I'm considering
}purchasing one, but don't know too much about the differences between the
}available cards.  Will most of the 030 cards run System 7.0?
}Anyone have a Radius accelerator?
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Sure, I do!  Actually, I have several...    (I couldn't resist...  :-)

The Radius Accelerator uses the 68020. (It was designed before the 68030 was
available.)  However, this does NOT mean that it won't run System 7.0.  You
ONLY need an '030 (or '020 w/PMMU) if you intend to use virtual memory, which
is but ONE of the features of System 7.0.  I believe that many people are
under the impression that System 7.0 won't work if they don't have memory
management, and that is simply not true.  Apple has even said that System 7.0
will run on a plain old SE, so an accelerated '020 SE should also run it, as
long as you have enough physical memory installed (2mb minimum?).

Note that I am NOT claiming that the Radius Accelerator is System 7.0
compatible (nor am I saying it isn't!!).  I haven't tested it yet...

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