Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!aunro!alberta!cpsc.ucalgary.ca!yogi.hsc.ucalgary.ca!janus.mtroyal.ab.ca!ewilts From: ewilts@janus.mtroyal.ab.ca (Ed Wilts) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Crippled A3000 Message-ID: <1991Jun3.095026.8666@janus.mtroyal.ab.ca> Date: 3 Jun 91 15:50:26 GMT References: Organization: BC Systems Corporation, Victoria, B.C. Lines: 32 In article , tony@ais.org (Tony Poole) writes: > I have a question that has to deal with a 16 Mhz A3000. > I am thinking about upgrading from a A1000, to an A3000, but don't > think I can afford the extra three or four hundred bucks that it would > take to buy a 25 Mhz 3000, so I may be aiming at the 16 Mhz. > I am told from my local dealer that this computer would not be upgradable > to 25 Mhz because the CPU is soldered in. Your dealer is correct. He may also have mentioned that hte floating point chip is different (68881 in the 16Mhz version, 68882 in the 25Mhz) > What I want to know is this: Will I be able to, sometime in the future, > purchase a third party board to connect expansion wise, and upgrade > to 25 Mhz, exactly the same as if I actually bought a 25 Mhz model? > I mean EXACTLY the same as, not close.... Now you're being ridiculous. A third-party board will NEVER give you EXACTLY what Commodore will give you. NEVER! You can, however, in the future, purchase a board from either Commodore or a third-party (several have been announced), that will bypass the 68030/6888x combination and use an accellerated CPU, lie a 68040. In this mode, it doesn't matter if you bought the 16 or the 25Mhz models. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tony Poole Traverse City, MI USA EMail:tony@irie.ais.org > ____________________________________________________________________________ -- .../Ed Preferrred: Ed.Wilts@BSC.Galaxy.BCSystems.Gov.BC.CA Ed Wilts Alternate: EdWilts@BCSC02.BITNET (604) 389-3430 B.C. Systems Corp., 4000 Seymour Place, Victoria, B.C., Canada, V8X 4S8