Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!mailrus!bbn!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1u+ From: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: CMI '020 $199 Board (Was:68020) Message-ID: Date: 26 Jan 89 17:47:40 GMT References: <6319@polya.Stanford.EDU>, <5894@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 29 In-Reply-To: <5894@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> wolff@cs.purdue.EDU (Robert M. Wolff) writes: > > Speaking of 68020 boards...There is one out from CMI that sticks into > the 68000 socket and has a socket for an 881. It retails for $199. The CMI board does NOT use a 68020. It uses a 68000 running at 16 Mhz or thereabouts. > And I was wondering if anyone had heard what kind of performance it > was getting?? I need SOME speed up, but would I be better off building > the lucas board?? > The Lucas board would be faster, and if you add the Lucas 32-bit memory board that Brad Fowles is designing right now the comparison would move from "faster" to "no contest." But the Lucas board is a DIY hack, and the CMI board is a commercial product. The Lucas board will probably cost more, since a 68020 is more expensive than a high-speed 68000. The decision of which to get depends on how much speed you want, how much money you want to spend, and how hardware-capable you are. -- Michael Portuesi / Information Technology Center / Carnegie Mellon University INET: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu / BITNET: mp1u+@andrew UUCP: ...harvard!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1u+ "I'm very sorry, Master, but that WAS the backup system" -- Slave