Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UMBC1.UMBC.EDU!chuck From: chuck@UMBC1.UMBC.EDU ("Chuck Rickard; ", PC) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Accelerator Boards for the ST Message-ID: <8905082031.AA16278@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 8 May 89 20:28:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 21 I just installed an accelerator board called the "JATO Board" in my ST... I have to say that it isn't as thrilling as one might expect, but the price is hard to beat. For $99.95, you get a 68000-12 microprocessor withg a little board attached to the top with wires going to a switch and an LED indicator light. Installation is simple. All you do is unsolder your old 68000 and solder the included socket in place. Place the new processor in the socket, mount the switch and LED, and then your ready to rock & roll! This upgrade will speed up applications requiring alot of computations, but for some reason doesn't speed up PC_Ditto at all. (I got an SI rating of .3 with and without it) From what I hear, the other board for $400 dollars gets the same benchmark results (The Turbo16 board). Whatever happened to the Turbo ST board? Last I heard, the guy was trying to get the video to work. The previous two boards run at 8mhz external and 16mhz internal, so my guess is that he is trying to get an external 16mhz system to work. This type of mod would truly speed up the ST, but would require a heck of alot of soldering and jumpers! Chuck Rickard UMBC Academic Computing Reply to: