Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!uwvax!astroatc!jojo
From: jojo@astroatc.UUCP (Jon Wesener)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: expandability of a500 question.
Message-ID: <739@astroatc.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jan 88 18:55:19 GMT
References: <2406@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: jojo@astroatc.UUCP (Jon Wesener)
Organization: Astronautics Technology Cntr, Madison, WI
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In article <2406@crash.cts.com> haitex@pnet01.cts.com (Wade Bickel) writes:
>papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
>>In article <774@sdcc8.ucsd.EDU> cs178abu@sdcc8.ucsd.edu.UUCP (John Schultz) writes:
>>>
>>>  I played with 68010/68881 9.5 megabyte Amiga 500 at AmiExpo.  The
>>>whole board fits nicely inside the A500, and the rf-shield will
>>>still fit.
>>>...
>>
>>Where was it getting the power to drive all that stuff?  As I understand it
>>that kind of arrangement is what C-A greatly discouraged.  Any comments from
>>...
>        It did require a different power supply.  But then, what did you
>expect?

	I can see it needing a new power supply, but the next question is,
doesn't a setup like that generate a lot of heat?  There's no fan in the
A500 and I'd think that would be a problem.  

comments?
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