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From: cg@myrias.UUCP (Chris Gray)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: 68030 for Amiga 2000
Keywords: 68030 68020 advertising
Message-ID: <645@myrias.UUCP>
Date: 2 Nov 88 18:16:29 GMT
Organization: Myrias Research, Edmonton
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We hear stories on the net that Commodore has a 33 MHz 68030 card for the
Amiga 2000 running. We also know that Apple has a 68030 Mac-II (runs at
16 MHz I think), and the NeXt runs a 68030 at 25 MHz. Now, I don't know about
anyone else, but it seems to me that it would be a bit of a marketing coupe
to announce an Amiga 2500 (or something) based on a 33 Mhz 68030. It would
be the highest power personal computer available, bar none.

So, the questions:

Am I crazy? :-)

Is Commodore's card stable enough to become a product? Could they get
   production up fast enough?

Is something along this lines the reason why they haven't released the
   68020 card yet? After all, it's 14 MHz doesn't seem like a lot, especially
   now that there is a public domain one (LUCAS) that's faster than that for
   considerably less money.

I for one am waiting for a good 020/030 for my 2000. I'd rather not have one
that doesn't use the coprocessor slot, and I'd rather have one straight from
Commodore. If somebody else came out with a 30MHz 030 for that slot, I expect
I would quit waiting for Commodore. I want one that actually performs
better than an 020 however, else why spend the extra money? (I have no plans
to switch to UNIX, now or ever).

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Chris Gray		Myrias Research, Edmonton	+1 403 428 1616
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