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From: dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio)
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Subject: Re: 040 add-ins (was Re: Amiga OS *IS* state of the art)
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Date: 4 Apr 91 02:09:22 GMT
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In article <1991Apr3.075953.15226@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>In article <1991Apr3.070650.25901@neon.Stanford.EDU> torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie) writes:
>>es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>>
>>>The 040 isn't being shipped in machines by anyone except NeXT and
>>>maybe HP. The 040s have been available to developers for SO long
>>>that everyone has their boards done, they are just waiting for
>>>040s to put in them! I'd say you'll see it for the Amiga as soon
>>>as you see it for the Mac.
>>
>>  Just as a data point, last week saw the debut of Radius' Rocket 040
>>board for the Mac II...  So the 040 boards have arrived (at least for
>>the Mac).
>>
>	So this week's World of Amiga should be interesting.
>We'll see if there are any companies showing/selling Amiga 040
>boards.
>
>	-- Ethan
>
>Q: How many Comp Sci majors does it take to change a lightbulb
>A: None. It's a hardware problem.

  Well, before nay one else prints this, there is an ad in the
current Amiga World for a 68040 accelerator board for the A2000.
The thing that makes it incomplete is that I saw the same ad
about a year ago, when they thought the 68040 would have
been available. But the ad is there (page 53).

David :)


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David Tiberio  SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481  AMIGA  DDD-MEN  
  -- Any students from SUNY Oswego? Please let me know! :)

  -- Looking to buy a used 68000 CPU and 1.3 Kickstart