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From: keithr@vice.TEK.COM (Keith Rast)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: MORE on the 16Mhz board
Message-ID: <2331@vice.TEK.COM>
Date: 4 Mar 88 22:35:26 GMT
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
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Keywords: Due to popular demand...




Here is some more info on the 16Mhz board for the ST.
It is a board the that mounts inside the ST.  The 
installation is said to be more difficult than a memory
upgrade.  The replace the cpu with a 68016(?) and 
place a switch on the back of the ST to allow you to
switch from 8Mhz to 16Mhz.  They are expecting their new
(lastest) board next week.  After they do some more testing
they expect to go into production in about a month.  They
hope to keep it in the $200 range not including installation.
They're looking into setting up dealers for installing the
board, but are looking into other options as well.

I asked if there is a problem with 150ns memory chips he said
no, but going to 120ns chips would increase the speed, then
only slightly.

PC Ditto is running on it.  They haven't found any software
that doesn't run, but who knows how much they've tried.

The person I talked to was named Kevin.  He was very helpfully
in answering any questions I had.  He said if people send
in a self-stamped addressed envelope they would send back
literature on this and other products, hardware upgrades
such as blitter upgrades, for the ST.

The address is:

	MEGABYTE Computers
	109 W Bay Area Blvd.
	Webster, TX 77593
	713-338-2231

(I am no way connected with MC, I don't own any of their stock,
and I am not married to any of their sisters.)