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Re: CD32 acellerator?

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From: Jerry M. Robinson
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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