Re: VT's 3DFx for Zorro II Picasso IV's

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From: Darkpaw Timberwuf
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 00:00

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In article <75o6b9$lp5@falcon.le.ac.uk>, mws2@le.ac.uk.nospam says...
>
>>2 - owners of Z II P-IVs certainly do not run 68000
>>processor, since a 68000 is not able to run
>>Picasso 96 or Cybergraphix. They thus have a
>>real 32bit adressing-capable processor.
>
>If you are using an A1200 with the ZorroII busboard and no expansion card
>for the trapdoor, you are still using a 68EC020 - a 24-bit addressing
>processor.
>

I think it is pretty safe to say two things:
1.  The number of people that have this configuration is few and
few between.  If you've upgraded to a tower + Z-II board config,
I would bet that 98%+ of those users have upgraded the CPU board.
2.  The number of other users of the Z-II PIVs far outnumber the
number of people with this setup.

I think that this extra modification during production (the 3dfx
fix) is a small chip with serious advantages both in sales and
customer satisfaction.  It is a small hack, and DKB has already
proven that it works (MegaChip).

-DP
darkpaw@amy.mv.com

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From: darkpaw@amy.mv.com (Darkpaw Timberwuf)
Subject: Re: VT's 3DFx for Zorro II Picasso IV's
Date: 1998/12/22
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