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From: dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: New hardware idea!!!!!
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Date: 4 Apr 91 01:57:18 GMT
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  Just after starting to read the new A3000T article I came up with an
excellent idea to increase productivity. Every co processor slot is used
to accelerate an Amiga, and some people who have large tasks to do use more
than one Amiga o get the job done. Wouldn't it be great if one of those 
unused expansion slots (not the coprocessor slot) could be used to hold 
all of the Amiga chips necessary to run a second system? 

  If an entire A500 could be mounted on an expansion card, minus floppy
drive and expansion ports, it could be used to multitask with an A2000
or A3000. If all of the CPU is crunching 3D images for a few days, you
could switch to the expansion card and work off f a totally uninhibited 
Amiga without a noticable loss in speed. In other words, make an
A500 Bridgeboard. Make two Workbench screens; one for the host machine,
and one for the A500 Bridgeboard. Any programs launched by either CPU
will only slow down one CPU, and the other is free or more serious
work or for patching up. Finally it would also be possible to multitask
hardware-specifac games, or something like AMAX. 

  Not only do I think this is a great idea, but I think that it could 
RETAIL for less than $400. It could be designed to accept A500 
accelerator boards, such as Mega Midget or AdSpeed. It could also
contain an additional 9 megabytes of ram!

  Well, is it feasable? Keep in mind that it should operate on only 
one video screen, although two separate screens could be an option...

David Tiberio
:)


-- 
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