Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixb.cc.columbia.edu!es1 From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) Subject: Re: New baseline Amiga? Message-ID: <1991Apr20.094721.19579@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: usenet@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Network News) Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu Reply-To: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) Organization: Columbia University References: <1991Apr12.155350.20444@convex.com> <20802@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1991 09:47:21 GMT In article <20802@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes: >In article <1991Apr12.155350.20444@convex.com> swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) writes: > >>I wish that Commodore would redesign the A500 motherboard to utilize a 68020 >>instead of a 68000. Call it the A500+ or something. Do the same with the >>A2000. Include a socket for a 68881 chip. They wouldn't need to bump up the >>memory bus to 32-bits; they could leave the motherboard memory just like it >>is. The idea would be to have the 020 as the baseline processor for the Amiga >>line. > >What would this buy you? A 68020 without 32 bit memory will, on the average, >give you about 15% more speed than an equivalent 68000. Many things will run >slower, things that fit nicely in the I-Cache run faster. > It seems to me the main costs with a mid-end system is you have a choice between an A500 with an expensive HD or buying more than you need in an A2000HD. The ideal mid-line computer would have room for exactly one internal hard drive and one internal floppy, plus 2MB internal, and ONE slot inline with a Video slot. Such a machine would be a lot cheaper than a 2000 (no 9 slot system) and a lot more convenient for most people. You could probably add a flicker-fixer in it (CBM one) for the same price as the 2000HD is now. >-- >Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests" > {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: hazy BIX: hazy > "That's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight" -R.E.M. -- Ethan Q: How many Comp Sci majors does it take to change a lightbulb A: None. It's a hardware problem.