Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.misc:4569 comp.unix.amiga:957 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixb.cc.columbia.edu!es1 From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.unix.amiga Subject: Re: X-Pert: "50 MHz 68040 card available" Message-ID: <1991Jun13.214854.27554@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Date: 13 Jun 91 21:48:54 GMT References: Sender: usenet@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Network News) Reply-To: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) Distribution: comp Organization: Columbia University Lines: 18 Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu In article vinsci@nic.funet.fi (Leonard Norrgard) writes: >I just got off the phone with X-Pert Computer Services in Germany, and >to my surprise they said they have a 50 MHz 68040 card available now. >The card comes in two versions, one for the A2000 and one for the >A3000. The A2000 version comes with 4MB of on-board RAM. Prices are >5900 DM for the A300 version, 6900 DM for the A2000 version. (Address >and phone number below). > Before someone jumps in and says it is impossible, Moto isn't shipping a 50MHz version, it is CONCEIVABLE that they replaced the crystal and put a very big heat sink by the chip. I don't know of course. The price does seem a bit high, at least for the 3000 model. Now the world has gone to bed, Now I lay me down to sleep, Darkness won't engulf my head, Try to count electric sheep, I can see by infrared, Sweet dream wishes you can keep, How I hate the night. How I hate the night. -- Marvin