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From: kurt@tc.fluke.COM (Kurt Guntheroth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Infinity Machine
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Date: 1 Feb 90 22:10:57 GMT
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I talked to M.A.S.T. yesterday (1/31).  They are not shipping either the
Infinity Machine or the Tiny Tiger II due, they say, to non-shipment from
an "overseas" parts supplier.  They do not have a catalog of products due to
"not getting their stuff back from the printers".  They do have a flyer about
the Infinity Machine.  They sent it to me in December.  However it doesn't
say anything of much interest.  I'll summarize from memory:

    The Infinity Machine is an expansion box (so you'll have all those PAL
    grounding problems you have learned to love).  It has a DMA disk port.
    It has a socket for a 68030 (or was that 020?), and you can also put in
    a fast 68000 using an adapter board that plugs into the 030 socket.  It
    has 32-bit memory.  You buy the memory and processor speed you need for
    the speed at which you want to run.  There's a 64Kbyte Static RAM "cache"
    that you can use to load program segments that want to run fast.  Note
    the OS provides no support for this, you have to do it all yourself.  It
    has a second slot in the box for an "Infinity Video" board.  The box is
    quite tall.  It has an external power supply.

As of mid December, M.A.S.T. had not got their first production run of
the infinity machine.  This is a thing that makes me nervous.  Having
trouble with their suppliers and printer is also suggestive.  Nevertheless,
the Tiny Tiger seemed to have a decent reputation EXCEPT for the problem
some customers experienced with capacitors on the parallel port.