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From: flocchini@ucdavis.UUCP (flocchini)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga,net.micro.68k
Subject: Re: 68020/68881 platform board
Message-ID: <469@ucdavis.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 19-Aug-86 12:01:01 EDT
Article-I.D.: ucdavis.469
Posted: Tue Aug 19 12:01:01 1986
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> In article <43@onion.cs.reading.ac.uk> sjf@onion.cs.reading.UUCP (Steve Fisher) writes:
> >
> > We are thinking of building a card for our Amiga based on
> >the Motorola application note 'A 68020/881 Platform board
> >for evaluation in a 16 bit system.'
> > We would like to hear from anyone who has already done
> >this and of any software conversions and patches that are
> >available for the Amiga.
> >
> >//  --   Steve Fisher   Micro. Unit. Computer Science Dept.
> >//.||.   Shawn Fraser   Cybernetics Dept.
> 
> In general, this is a viable approach, and in fact there were several of
> these boards discussed in this group a few months back.  One was made by
> and outfit known as CSA.
> 
> I don't know their current status.
> 
> The Amiga is supposed to contain the basic software hooks to take care of
> 68000/68010/68020 compatability, but I've never heard anything as far as
> 68881 support.
> 
> -- 
> George Robbins - now working with,	uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbmvax!grr
> but no way officially representing	arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV
> Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)

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CSA can be reached at the following address
Computer System Associates
7564 Trade St.
San Diego, CA 92121
619 566-3911
Contact Patricia Chouinard

CSA has developed an expansion box that supports their 68020/681 board
they have also developed 32-bit fast ram for the expansion box and their
board. they include some hand coded 68881 examples for demos.
fortran for this board is available from absoft corp(suppoets 68881)
and the next version of manx c is suppose to have 68881 support.

the people at csa are friendly knowledgable and super supportive.

bob flocchini
ucdavis
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