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From: xgr39@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU (Marc Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: NeXT-bashing party (hit "n" if you're not interested :-))
Message-ID: <1991Mar26.222344.16190@news.iastate.edu>
Date: 26 Mar 91 22:23:44 GMT
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In article <1991Mar26.043648.17656@NCoast.ORG>, davewt@NCoast.ORG (David Wright) writes:
>In article <15L002.N06Qt01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L. Shephard) writes:
>>Since the '040 is $600-$700 in quatity 1000 I seriously doubt that a '040
>>board will cost much less than $900 I bet when they are released prices
>>will be higher since Motorola wants payment in advance.  That means small
>>manufacturers will pric accordingly.
>	Have you seen how little is required to put an '040 in the CPU
>slot of the 3000? The board would be little more than a holder for the chip
>and a physical method for converting the PGA chip connectors to the CPU
>slot connectors.

   In addition to the '040, Commodore's '040 board for the A3000 will very
likely include a substantial amount of cache memory, and cache memory is
still VERY expensive.  This will, in turn, drive the cost of the board up.


                                       -MB-
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>			Dave