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Offline jeffimix

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Re: 1991 - when an A2000 could be the FASTEST!
« Reply #14 from previous page: May 28, 2003, 09:08:27 PM »
Hehehe, all that expensive. I bought my A2000 for lets see, 25USD plus shipping and handling, I have been offered a 1084s monitor for another 1USD plus shipping and handling. Now thats a 2Mb SupraRam board, GVP I/O extender, GVP SCSI controller with who knows how much space on the Harddrive (I think 88MB, its the original hard drive) and a 1084s. Comes to 26 dollars plus shipping and handling (which will add 40 + ??? USD to the total cost, but anyone getting stuff from as far away  as I do would have to pay S+H). Now I'm looking for Cheapest ROM chips/WB disks I can find (3.1 ofc) I'm thinking those will cost 0-50$.
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Re: 1991 - when an A2000 could be the FASTEST!
« Reply #15 on: May 28, 2003, 10:19:14 PM »
Even back then the Amiga was pricey.  I can now see why those A3000UX systems are so rare these days.....

It is a real shame that the Amiga wasn't more of a success, as having a competitive alternative to Intel/AMD/Windows today would be a great thing.  Thinking about it, it's amazing how many people expect you to be MS compatible....

Still, I quite like the idea of being able to plug in standard PCI cards to my trusty old A1200, to take advantage of all the low-cost PC hardware out there.  
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Re: 1991 - when an A2000 could be the FASTEST!
« Reply #16 on: May 28, 2003, 11:37:50 PM »
Some clarifications:

The 030-50 is running at 50 MHz  bus/ 50 MHz core clock.
The 040-25 is running a 25 MHz bus/ 50 MHz core clock speed.
So it's faster, but not several times, you must not compare the 040-025 to the 030-25 but with 030-50.

What kind of GOLF and Porsche are you talking about? The GOLF R32 is for shure not less advanced than the Porsche Boxter. GOLF is even more because it has exhaust gas temperature regulation, 4 Motion and the newly developped double clutch 6 shift automatic gear box. But the Porsche is a sportscar, the GOLF is a general purpose allround car.
And the Cayenne/Touareg are even developped cooperatively by VW and Porsche as are the Corrado, 924, 914 and all the old VWs.
 

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Re: 1991 - when an A2000 could be the FASTEST!
« Reply #17 on: May 29, 2003, 10:16:02 AM »
I recommend reading the book "Computer Organization & Design - The Hardware/Software Interface" by David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy.


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