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From: s9133283@giaea.gi.oz (Chuggles)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: What I _REAALY_ want is...  <hint: AdSpeedAtOnce! :>
Message-ID: <1947@giaea.gi.oz>
Date: 14 Jun 91 02:58:12 GMT
References: <25211@well.sf.ca.us> <1991Jun5.190339.10057@comspec.uucp> <72816@microsoft.UUCP>
Organization: Monash University College Gippsland, Churchill 3842, Victoria, AUSTRALIA.
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In article <72816@microsoft.UUCP> tom@microsoft.UUCP (Tom MCCONNELL) writes:
>
>I know what I want for Christmas!
>
>I want to have an ATOnce, 'cause I work with these damn PC's.  The problem
>with the ATOnce is it's speed.  Other than that, it seems to be a kick
>ass solution.
>
>I also want to have an AdSpeed.  I want the faster speed it would give
>my system.  (OK, who is kidding who. I want WINGS to really FLY! :-)
>
>What I really really really really _REALLY_ want is for Vortex to come
>out with an "improved" version of the AtOnce which uses a 14 Mhz 68000
>and 32k cache ala AdSpeed instead of the boring old 7 Mhz 68000.  If you
>are going to replace the chip, why not replace it with a faster one.
>This would make the AtOnce fast, AND the amiga fast as well!

 While Vortex are at it, why don't they replace the 8Mhz 80286 with a 16Mhz
 80286.  Therefore you could have fast Amiga and a fast IBM.

>
>It seems like a logical way for them to improve the product line.  Sell the
>AtOnce/7 as a low end emulator($250), and sell the AtOnce/14 as the high end
>solution($400).
>
 Nice idea.
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