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Subject: Amiga Hardware Questions
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Date: 25 Jun 91 16:22:52 GMT
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I've got a few questions for all the Amiga hardware gurus and wannabes:

1) Lately, at least two companies have come out with modules that replace
   the 286 chip in IBM AT compatible computers with either 16 or 20 mHz
   386sx CPUs.  These products use ram caches to compensate for accessing
   the slower RAM on-board the ATs.  Has anyone been daring enough to
   remove the 286 chip from their AT Bridgeboard and replace it with one of
   these modules.  (Oh, yeah, the companies: Kingston Technologies markets
   SX NOW, AOX makes the other.  Intel also makes one, but it is only
   warrantied in an IBM PS/2 model 50 or 60.)

2) Has anyone been even more daring and replaced the 286 from ATonce
   replaced  with one of these CPU upgrades?

3) Is the ECS (extended chip set) used in the A3000 available for the
   A2000?  If so, what are the going market prices for the upgrade?
   Is it available for the A1000?

4) What are the differences between the A3000 and the A2000? and can the
   2000 be upgraded to be completely compatibility to the 3000?  if so,
   how?



      Thanks,
      Nolan Whitaker
           a/k/a LEGAL EAGLE
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