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From: tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 68020
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Date: 27 Jan 89 17:23:56 GMT
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In article <27669@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> 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
:has none.
:
:The Ronin '020 board, however, does not have an MMU, and therefore will not
:be able to run UNIX.  The Ronin upgrade path is simply an 030 board which 
:plugs into the 020 socket of their 020 board, and should work with any
:020 board, not just their own.
:
:If you need to run UNIX, I suggest you call Ronin, as I don't want to 
:say anything about anything they might be waiting to unveil.
:
: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.
:
:Just my opinion, not necessarily that of my school, friends, professors,
:associates, or relatives.
:
:-Vince Lee

I'm interested in buying a '20 or '30 card for my B2000 (PAL) machine.
I would appreciate info about Ronin and other boards, including speed,
RAM, coprocessors, quality, price, availability, compatibility problems
aso. I would also like to have phone numbers and/or addresses to
reliable sources to buy the stuff from.

Thanks in advance,
Tommy P.