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From: panon@cheddar.cc.ubc.ca (Paul-Andre Panon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Non-Zorro slots in the Amiga 3000
Keywords: 3000 slots
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Date: 14 Dec 89 01:50:12 GMT
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In article <20643@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> navas@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP,
(David C. Navas) lays out a proposed method for having 32-bit Amiga and PC
busses (sp?) in an Amiga 3000
>
>David Navas
>navas@cory.berkeley.edu

and it looks very nice but it would have to be in a tower or else your desk
will disappear. I'd rather see something lean and mean with a Mac II cx sized
footprint with C= keeping the 2000/2500 machine around for the people who need
PC compatability. Since, from what I've heard, the 2630 runs asynchronously at
25 MHz, the A3000 probably won't run that much faster for CPU-bound stuff.
Customers would have to make a decision as to which is more important to them,
PC slots or 32-bit Amiga slots.  A more expensive tower could come out later
but I would rather see a lower-cost '030-based amiga first. 

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