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From: jerem@tekgvs.UUCP (Jere Marrs)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga,net.micro.68k
Subject: Re: 68020/68881 platform board
Message-ID: <1699@tekgvs.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 22-Aug-86 14:19:56 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 22 14:19:56 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 24-Aug-86 20:51:27 EDT
References: <43@onion.cs.reading.ac.uk> <651@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Reply-To: jerem@tekgvs.UUCP (Jere Marrs)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
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Keywords: 68020/68881,platform board for Amiga
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In article <651@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:
>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.

	CSA is making what is known as the Turbo Amiga expansion box which
plugs into the side connector on the Amiga. It will accept five plug-in 
boards including:

		1. A 68020/68881 board (14.~ MHz bus)
		2. A 512kByte 32-bit RAM board
		3. An SCSI interface board
		4. Room for a 20MB SCSI HD in the box (they can supply)
		
	They are phasing out their "piggyback" board ("A"-type) because
of certain internal inconsistencies of the Amigas they have installed them in.
They still have some in stock along with 32-bit RAM to fit with the piggyback.
The Turbo AMiga box is shipping and selling from backorder. Shipping is
30-40 days ARO.

	Having no connection with CSA, I am,

					Jere M. Marrs
					Tektronix, Inc.
					Beaverton, OR