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From: BARRETT@owl.ecil.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Amiga 2630
Message-ID: <13465@baldrick.udel.EDU>
Date: 10 Mar 90 17:20:37 GMT
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   I read a review of the Amiga 2630 accelerator from Commodore, and I
quite frankly am shocked that Commodore would cripple such a fine
eccelerator with slow memory.  This does much to degrade the performance
of the entire system when such slow 32-bit RAM is used.

   In my not-so-humble oppinion, I think that Commodore ought to 
discontinue the present model of the 2630 and introduce a new version
(the '2630A' for instance) that simply uses faster memory.  It isn't
as if it would bankrupt Commodore's R&D budget to do such a minor revision
to the product.  
 
   The point is that the 2630 isn't just a peripheral product for the
Amiga, but forms the core of the Amiga 2500/30.  If Commodore wants the
Amiga 2500/30 to be popular, they should cripple it needlessly with
slow RAM.  If they do, they might as well use slower chips as well.