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Offline alx

Re: Need A500 parts....
« on: June 17, 2003, 10:01:18 PM »
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I also would like the thing to be Internet ready


It might not give a very good impression of the platform then - I've never done it myself, but from what I've heard browsing the web with a stock 68000 would be like trying to swim in tar with lead weights attatched to you :-(   Did anyone ever make 040 or 060 accelerators for the A500?

Offline alx

Re: Need A500 parts....
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2003, 06:38:45 PM »
Wasn't the 8088 an Intel chip at about 4Mhz made just after the 8086?  If so I wouldn't bother at all - even later MS-DOS won't run on it.  In fact, I wouldn't bother with any kind of x86 board - it won't be an "Amiga", and a 486 is the absolute mininum for web browsing.

For $130, perhaps you'd be better off getting an accelerated A1200?  Unless you want to add a graphics card, I cannot imagine how bad the web would be in OCS screenmodes  :-o