Wanted - RCS X-Calibur

[trixster]

Hi all!

Total longshot here, but does anyone have an RCS X-Calibur laying around that they'd like to sell?! I'd love to buy one for my spare A3640.

Thanks!

[Pgovotsos]

Unless you're looking specifically for that, wouldn't one of the 060 adapters that are being built now give you better performance? Of course if you're not looking for it for the performance but to have that specific device ignore what I just said

[SnkBitten]

I think the difference is the X-Calibur allows you to add ram to the accelerator which an A3640 + adapter/060 doesn't.

[Acill]

I've never even seen one in the wild. Did they ever even ship?

[amiadudeorwat]

I've never even seen one in the wild. Did they ever even ship?

Yes they did ship and they've been on ebay every once in a while.  

He probably wants one to go with his A3660, which I'm also curious if that works.

[Pgovotsos]

I've never even seen one in the wild. Did they ever even ship?

They definitely shipped. I've got a few.

[trixster]

If you're of a mind to sell one I'd love to buy it!

I'm interested to see if the local ram the x-calibur provides makes the a3640 into a competitive accelerator, especially with an 040-060 adapter attached.

[Pgovotsos]

I guess I ought to clarify that the ones I have are not for sale. I appreciate the interest that some have expressed but I'm not selling anything right now.

[trixster]

Understood, no problem!

[midway]

How fast is memory access on those ? comparable to CS MKIII ?

[Chucky]

I guess I ought to clarify that the ones I have are not for sale. I appreciate the interest that some have expressed but I'm not selling anything right now.

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however. you do have one.  as I am working on a xcalibur-similiar addon to the 3640/3660.   can you please send me a showconfig printout from the xcalibur?

[Pgovotsos]

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however. you do have one.  as I am working on a xcalibur-similiar addon to the 3640/3660.   can you please send me a showconfig printout from the xcalibur?

I can but it will not be for a while since I am not at home while my wife is in the hospital and several months of rehab. I'll put it on my task list for when I get there.

Further clarification - all of the queries about selling have been very polite and such. I'm just trying to save people the time of writing and asking.

[Pgovotsos]

How fast is memory access on those ? comparable to CS MKIII ?

As I recall, a good bit slower. Partly because this is an 040 and partly because the speed of the SIMMs isn't as high. I've got 50ns or 60ns in the Cyberstorms and 70ns or 80ns in the X-Calbur. I don't know how the performance of the two memory controllers are so don't know how much it effects memory transfers.

[trixster]

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however. you do have one.  as I am working on a xcalibur-similiar addon to the 3640/3660.   can you please send me a showconfig printout from the xcalibur?

Hi Chucky. How is the work on your card progressing? Need anyone to help beta testing?

[trixster]

Bump. Still looking