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Re: PAK 68/3 accelerator card
« on: March 24, 2005, 05:33:35 PM »
The PAK was designed as a project for heise's c't-magizine in the early 90ties.

c't-projects

It might still be possible to order a copy of that article and preprogrammed GALs.
1. Make an announcment.
2. Wait a while.
3. Check if it can actually be done.
4. Wait for someone else to do it.
5. Start working on it while giving out hillarious progress-reports.
6. Deny that you have ever announced it
7. Blame someone else
 

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Re: PAK 68/3 accelerator card
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2005, 08:33:58 AM »
Man, thats so long......

Yes I remember reading the articles back in 92/93, and yes there was an Amiga version.

It probraly needed a special set of GALs, which seem to be out of stock....

I also remember it only having 256 or 512k of static RAM, just enough to put the Kickstart into, so you shouldn't expect a performance boost anything close to what a 030 with RAM would give. Even a lousy 020 will outperform you.

Maybe try this (targeted at A1000-Phönix)

http://www.gb97816.homepage.t-online.de/projekte.htm
1. Make an announcment.
2. Wait a while.
3. Check if it can actually be done.
4. Wait for someone else to do it.
5. Start working on it while giving out hillarious progress-reports.
6. Deny that you have ever announced it
7. Blame someone else