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From: cpca@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Colin Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: NeXT-bashing party (hit "n" if you're not interested :-))
Message-ID: <1991Mar27.024140.26974@marlin.jcu.edu.au>
Date: 27 Mar 91 02:41:40 GMT
References: <15L002.N06Qt01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> <1991Mar26.043648.17656@NCoast.ORG> <1991Mar26.222344.16190@news.iastate.edu>
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In article <1991Mar26.222344.16190@news.iastate.edu> xgr39@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU writes:
>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.
>

I predict that C= '040 board will not have any external cache memory.
C= always like to keep prices down and will probably rely on the
internal cache (as in the A3000).  Though I could be totally
wrong of course...

>                                       -MB-
>>			Dave


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Colin Adams                                  
Computer Science Department                     James Cook University 
Internet : cpca@marlin.jcu.edu.au               North Queensland
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