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From: anakin@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Wolfgang P. Dinger)
Date: Wed, 19-Oct-88 15:24:27 EDT
Message-ID: <1988Oct19.152427.5870@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: PD 68020-68881 hardware, LUCAS PROJECT
Reply-To: anakin@gpu.utcs.UUCP (Wolfgang P. Dinger)

 
***  L U C A S   IS   H E R E !  ***   
 
        A few months ago I posted a message about a Public Domain 
68020-68881 accelerator board for the 1000 which I wrote for Transactor 
magazine and was to be released when the article appeared.
 
        Unfortuneately Transactor has developed some difficulties, 
however the board described in the article is alive and well. After 
discussing with Transactor we agreed that I should publish the project 
on the Nets.
 
	The board, called the LUCAS Project, is available now! The bare
board can be had for $40.00 and the four PALS used on the board for
$30.00. There is a disk which comes with the board and PALS, and I have 
uploaded that entire disk to BIX, and CRS so you can download it if your 
interested.
 
        The file is called LUCAS.ARC and should give you enough information 
to evaluate the design. The article as I submitted it to Transactor 
can be found in the ARC. (Please excuse any anacronisms). Also contained
in the arc are the drawings, Pal equations, and documentation. If anyone
thinks it's worth the trouble to post the ARC on USENET, I'd appreciate
it.
        I did this project to allow the cheapest possible upgrade to 
a 68020-68881 pair. The board provides for 32-bit wide memory expansion
and has an asyncronous design which allows speeds up to 20 Meg.
 
	Even if your just interested in 020-881's in Amigas this 
article will introduce you to what you can and can not expect from
an 020-881 pair.
 
	The ARC contains complete information on how to get one.
 
                                  Enjoy !
 
					Brad Fowles