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From: davewt@NCoast.ORG (David Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: NeXT-bashing party (hit "n" if you're not interested :-))
Message-ID: <1991Apr1.034735.28901@NCoast.ORG>
Date: 1 Apr 91 03:47:35 GMT
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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:
>>	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-

	1) How do you know what C='s board will have
	2) How do you know that, if they DO provide FOR cache, that they
		will sell it with any chips installed? Why should they decide
		how much cache people want. A more realistic actions would
		be to provide ZIP/SIM sockets and let people add what they
		want.
	3) Who say's it has to come from C=? There are 3rd part boards in the
		works right now, and there is no reason that some 3rd party
		mfgr won't sell a bare board (no '040 or chrystal), for a
		paltry amount, with no way to add a cache (such as the
		Midget Racer boards for the 500/2000 line).
	4) If C= *DID* provide some cache, the price would still be the same
		as any other system with a '040 and cache, as again, the
		board itself (even with support for an on-board cache) would
		be basically very few parts (and certainly no expensive
		parts (other than the '040 and fast RAM, of course)).


			Dave