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From: bader+@andrew.cmu.edu (Miles Bader)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 68020
Message-ID: <gXqYryy00UkaE6=X1I@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 22 Jan 89 21:56:14 GMT
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	<27669@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
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me128-aw@kepler.Berkeley.EDU (me128 student) writes:
> In article <11061@gryphon.COM> tsub@pnet02.cts.com (Tom Wang) writes:
> >How does the Commodore A2620 (68020, M68881, and 68851 MMU) compare with the
> >Ronin Hurricane Board?  It seems to me that they are both basicly the same
> >thing, except the Ronin is upgradable to 68030 and M68882 (am I correct?).
> 
> From what I've heard, the Commodore board is almost exactly 1/2 the speed of
> the Ronin board, due to the fact that it has 2 wait states and the Ronin
>...
> If you don't need UNIX, I'd strongly recommend the Ronin board.  It's fast,
> extremely-well engineered, and a fine board all around.  Don't even consider
> a CSA.

Didn't it come to light a while ago on this newsgroup that the Ronin
board didn't support DMA to its on-board memory?  Or have they fixed
that by now?

-Miles