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From: wolf@csclea.ncsu.edu (Thomas Wolf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: MEGABYTE, in Webster Texas?????
Keywords: Harddisk, accelerator board
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Date: 19 Feb 88 15:26:11 GMT
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....some description of an accelarator board for the st..
>	Does it work with GEM?  Apparently so, but I had understood from 
>several people that the GEMDOS would not tollerate any type of speed 
>increase, even just putting in a 68010, which gives an effective 10Mhz
>68k speed.  I had also read about a board to put in a 68020 and 68881 running
>at various speeds, but they said that too would not work with GEMDOS.
>I had been waiting for the release of MINIX/ST to get one of these, but
>if it will work now, great!!
I think the ST's OS can't handle OTHER processors - such as the 68010 and
68020, but it is likely that a faster 68000 would work fine.  Which brings
up the question:  Does the accelerator board use a 14mhz 68000?
>
>>I have a friend who has paid the $200 for a beta board and should get it
>>"Real Soon Now."
>	Could you _please_ give the address if it satisifies the stuff
>up above?  I imagine alot of people will be interested if it does work
>with GEMDOS.
   Yes, PLEASE let us know when this product becomes available (and for
how much :-)



Tom Wolf
ARPA (I think): tw@cscosl.ncsu.edu
          or  wolf@csclea.ncsu.edu