Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!outbound!patrick_meloy From: patrick_meloy@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca (Patrick Meloy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Does GVP offer Ed Discounts? Anyone use their a4000? Message-ID: Date: 4 Mar 91 20:32:04 GMT Organization: Outbound Communications Lines: 24 > Also I'm considering the a4000 over the a2630.. Has anyone out >there used one? Can someone comment on its design? Is it stable? >Is it commpatable? etc etc.. The thing to remember about GVP Accellerators (as far as I know) is that they do NOT allow dropping back to the 68000. There is supposedly a hack you can do to put in a physical switch to allow this, but I don't think I'd want to void my warrenty over it. Also, last I heard, the GVP board could not support UNIX properly (something to do with the MMU and memory protection) while the CBM boards do). While I *personally* don't give a hoot about UNIX, I can see a day when this incompatibility may affect AmigaOS. Memory protection is RUMOURED to be in the pipeline for WB2.x (REmember, I DID say _rumoured_). It would be a terrible shame to go out and spend megabux on an Accellerator only to find that it won't support future versions of the OS. I'm sure Commodore wouldn't allow the 26x0 boards become defunct in this fashion. They include the whole MMU setup with the older 2620's even though they were pretty well useless at the time. --------------------------------------- | patrick_meloy@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca | | 'The Outbound' BBS Vancouver BC | ---------------------------------------