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From: braner@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (braner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Extension boards for the new Mega Ataris
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Date: Wed, 18-Mar-87 11:38:18 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 18 11:38:18 1987
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Summary: 68881 needs the 68020

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The only way the 68881 performance can be fully utilized is to couple
it to a 68020 CPU.  (A number I've heard for the Mac II (16 MHz):
150,000 FLOPS.)  With a 68000 the 68881 can only be used as a peripheral,
reducing the speed by a factor of 3 or so.

I sure hope there will be a 68020/68881 card for the MegaST, since the TT
seems a long way off.  If Atari will not make one, a third party should!

- Moshe Braner