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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: '030 Ami vs '040 NeXT
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Date: 5 Dec 90 19:01:16 GMT
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In <4144.275c29f5@cc.helsinki.fi>, jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi writes:
>In article <9012040257.AA10743@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, 91_bickingd@GAR.UNION.EDU ("Bicking, David") writes:
>
>> I
>> think it is a clear analogy that if the '030 Amiga is faster than the '030
>> NeXT that an '040 Amiga will also be faster than an '040 NeXT, right?
>
>First, I haven't actually seen any objective benchmarks on 68030 NeXT
>vs. Amiga A3000 (UX). 
>
>Second, there is no such thing as a '040 Amiga. And even if there would
>soon be a '040 card for Amiga it wouldn't do the job as well. The
>motherboards of the new NeXT is designed to take all out of the 68040.
>I doubt the current Amiga motherboard is designed for the 68040.

Wrongo, Jobs breath. The motherboard was specifically designed to be efficient
with the 68040, including provision of a pair of high density connectors with
sufficient pins to allow a full implementation of a 68040 board. Additionally,
the circuitry exists on the motherboard to allow for a processor 'takeover'.

-larry

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