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Subject: SE Accelerators Once Again
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Date: 13 Dec 89 19:06:25 GMT
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There were quite a few recommendations when I last asked about favorite
accelerator boards for the SE but no one really knew what was the difference
between the various brands. Anyway, I took the plunge and went for the (least
expensive) Dove accelerator. Just want to post some views on it and a quick
comparison to the Radius boards at work.

The Dove board was easy to install...the instructions were pitiful however. On
the bright side, I got through to technical support several times easily and
got my questions answered on the spot. Good show. The Dove board however does
not work as seamlessly as the Radius board which indicates to me that less
research has been done on it than at Radius. The FPU cache has to be off and
it takes a few mouseclicks to set this right. Also, the CDEV has problems with
older versions of Suitcase II. Also, on startup, the init has to load and the
machine reboots itself, then starts up normally...wierd! A major drawback is
that the 68020 has to be turned off every time a disk is formatted...there must
be a solution to this! Also on the positive side is that I loaded my 4 M of
RAM onto the Dove board so that the 68020 has direct access to it. I replaced
the 256 K RAMS onto the Mac board and it is used as a ROM cache (I think).
Anyway, the performance in Excel, LSC and Word are excellent and I can't tell
if it's any faster or slower than the Radius I use at work. For $200 less, I
can live with the Dove board.

Oh yes, there is also a set of pins on the side of the board which are identical
to those which the Dove board used on the Mac board. I believe this is for an
additional card...maybe when I can afford the DisplayServer SE!

Anyway, just passing on some recent experience for those interested in perking
up the old 68000's.

Colin Ong
UC Davis
cgong@ucdavis.edu