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From: sysop@insider.zer.sub.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Will A3500UX have an 68040?
Message-ID: <9101140911.16.855@INSIDER>
Date: 14 Jan 91 22:02:24 GMT
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>>I don't think so. The price for the 040 is just a bit too high in the 
>>moment. Additionally, putting an 040 in the 3x00 would lead to a total 
>>re-design of the motherboard. So, IMHO, No chance... Also, I suppose C= 
>  Sorry, but this sounds wrong. Dave Haynie himself, not to mention
>countless other CBM reps and Amiga experts have said that the Amiga3000's
>CPU slot can handle an 040, and was designed with the 040 in mind.

Sure... what I meant was putting an 040 on the motherboard.

Anyway, if C= comes up with an 040-board, they should try to get the custom
chips to do their work at 25MHz/32Bit... that would sure speed up our
little baby... ;-) 

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