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From: tcwan@umiami.ir.miami.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: '040 accelerators
Message-ID: <1991Feb27.182935.7913@umiami.ir.miami.edu>
Date: 27 Feb 91 23:29:34 GMT
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Followup-To: '040 accelerators and softpc
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In article <27C81F0A.4910@orion.oac.uci.edu>, eaeu137@orion.oac.uci.edu (Andrew Theodore Laurence) writes:
> When I called Total Systems, the gal I talked to said they were going to
> retail at $2999, but through March they were having an "introductory offer"
> of around $2000.  
> 
> Added feature:  Their product information (I just loooove 800 numbers, don't 
> you?)  indicates that the Magellan has a processor direct slot on the board 
> itself, so you can still add video or whatever.  (They had a name for it, but
> it escapes me.)  Also, they said they've published the specs for this slot,
> "to encourage the development of [slot name]."  I'm wondering: wouldn't this
> second board have to pull the viscious u-turn to fit in an si?

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Since we are on the subject, I have a question regarding the operation
of the accelerator itself:

Does it replace the 68030 CPU on the motherboard completely, ie: disable
it; or does it act as a sort of a co-processor? It would seem like a 
big waste to have a 68030 sitting idle on the motherboard if it can be
utilized to handle stuff like i/o and possibly quickdraw acceleration?

Is what I described anywhere near the truth or even feasable?

Curious,
T.C. Wan
Grad Student,
Univ. of Miami
Internet: tcwan@umiami.miami.edu