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Article #1022Re: CD32 acellerator?
From: Jerry M. Robinson
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 00:54
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 00:54
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In <1381.6657T520T1521@world.net> paulmbto@world.net (Paul Morabito) writes: > >>>Surely there must be a way to either use or make an accellerator >>>for the CD32's expansion slot > >>It's surely _possible_, but, at present, there is no way to accelerate >>performance on a CD32 except through the use of fast RAM (which can speed >>things up by a factor of about 2.5). Some third parties have explored >>030/040 add-ons or replacement accelerators, but I'm not certain where >>these efforts stand, given Escom's at best ambivalent attitude toward the >>machine and the considerable slowdown in the CD32 software market. > >It is definetly possible to accelerate a CD32.The pin arrangement from what >I've heard is almost identical to the A1200.The main problem is there is no >real market for a CD32 accelerator.FWIW imagine an 060 CD32! > -- I have an '030 design accelerator Design for the CD32. I have not built it for a variety of reasons.... It is based on the M1230XA, which I also did.... In all praticality... how many people would want such a thing? It would have to realistically be more than 250-500+ to even think about it.... and what features would people want? Is an '40 type solution *that much* better? Jerry Robinson P.S. I also did the SX-1 & own the copyright for that product.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: dvideo@ix.netcom.com(Jerry M. Robinson ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.cd32 Subject: Re: CD32 acellerator? Date: 24 Mar 1996 00:54:49 GMT Organization: Netcom Message-ID: <4j26gp$r68@reader2.ix.netcom.com> References: <4ig0j2$5ss@ccnet2.ccnet.com> <4ihvjq$bb9@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <1381.6657T520T1521@world.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-dfw9-15.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sat Mar 23 4:54:49 PM PST 1996