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From: metahawk@itsgw.rpi.edu (Wayne G Rigby)
Subject: Re: A3000 T is for TOWER
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Keywords: TOWER,A3000,3000,T,NEW,computer
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Date: 6 May 91 04:18:29 GMT
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In article <1991May5.134321.25252@sugar.hackercorp.com> davidm@sugar.hackercorp.com (David Martin) writes:
>ALL:
>  Some one told me that they heard the A3000T would have 
>a 68000 switchable mode to make it backwards compatible
>with the A500,A1000,A2x00 series of Amigas. Is their
>any truth to that? Sounds funky to me. Also any news on the
>A3000T's price yet and can current A3000 owners upgrade to 
>the larger case? 

Well, unless the switchable mode is completely done in software, no.
There is no 68000 or socket for one on the motherboard.  I can see no
purpose for such a switchable mode, unless you want to play games, in
which case the hardware differences (32 bit bus, CPU clock cycle) would
still not allow many games to work.  It probably would be possible to
build a 68000 "accelerator" card, but again, "Why?"  Nearly all of the
business and productivity software that doesn't work on 3000's are being
converted so that they will work.

No prices, yet.  Myself, I don't think you'll be able to upgrade from 
an A3000 to an A3000T, but I could be wrong.  It would be really cool,
though, if you could.

>David
>PS Dave Haynie are you out there? Can you answer the upgrade
>question? Does the A3000T have a new motherboard or just a 
>larger back plane? If I could later upgrade to a T I'd buy
>an A3000 using the power up discount
>
The A3000T's motherboard is not the same as the A3000's.  The slots
are directly on the motherboard, and not on a back plane.
>-- 
> 
>David W. Martin c/o The OpCode Factory tm Seabrook, Texas, USA
>Commodore might make the Amiga, but the Amiga makes it possible!
>PLINK: DAVIDM CIS: 72510,3232 UUCP: davidm@sugar.hackercorp.com

                                   Wayne Rigby
                                   Computer and Systems Engineer (in training)
                                   Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
                                   metahawk@rpi.edu