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From: espen@well.UUCP (Peter Espen)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: "FastMac" 68020 from Levco: info?
Message-ID: <519@well.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 19-Jan-86 16:47:23 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 19 16:47:23 1986
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Summary: Levco 68020/68881 board for the Mac/MacPlus

In article <3140@sdcc3.UUCP>, borton@sdcc3.UUCP (Chris Borton) writes:
> I was told today that Levco announced their 'FastMac' that is running a 68020
> at MacWorld Expo yesterday.  I think it has 4M RAM with an MMU.  Supply is
> obviously limited, with a high price tag.
> 
> None of this information is confirmed, but I hope someone out there can post
> some info/specs on this new wonder, as well as the HyperDrive 2000.
> 
> MacWonders keep coming...
> 
> --Chris
> -----------------
> Chris Borton, UC San Diego Undergraduate CS	
> Micro Consultant, UCSD
> 
> borton@ucsd.ARPA     or  ...!{ucbvax,decvax,noscvax,ihnp4,bang}!sdcsvax!borton
	I talked to the people at the Levco booth and got all there
spec sheets, here is a section from there spec sheet.....
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	The MacSuper 20 series combines the high-end MC68020 processor,
the MC68881 floating point arithmetic co-processor, and four megabytes of
RAM with the Macintosh, producing the most powerful personal computer
available. Running at 16Mhz, and using a full 32-bit wide data path, the
MacSuper 20 easily quadruples the speed and revolutionizes the performance
of the Mac, making it ideal for sophisticated software and specialized
applications.
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	There is no MMU on the board. All the Ram is accessed without
wait states, making for very fast ram access cycle times.
	The board mounts on the Mac in the same manner as their 2 Meg
upgrade boards. The onboard 68000 is completely disabled and the only thing 
the  Mac Motherboard ram is used for is video and I/o stuff.
	The current price of the board is around $8000-$9000 (Levco said
the 68020 chip alone is costing them $500), but this proice should drop
as the cost of the 68020/68881 and the one meg ram chips fall in price.

	Peter Espen