Midget Racer yes/no ?

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From: bud mckenzie
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1989 00:55

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I own an A1000 and have been considering getting a midget racer
accelerator board from CSA.  I am chiefly interested in programming
(learning) and exploring the areas of fractals, chaos, number theory,
and just experimenting with the machine.  My current system has 2Mg 
and 2 floppies.

What kind of incompatibility problems might I face?
	ARP 1.3?
	TDI Modula-2?
	XLISP 2.0?
	ASM68k?
	JForth Pro 2.0?

I know that a great speedup in floating point operations is possible,
but will that generally be automatic, or only on programs written to
use the 68020/68881?

Will there be much difference in most programs, or really just the
floating point intensive ones?

Are there problems with this board, or with adding an accelerator
in general?

Thanks in advance.

Bud McKenzie
 bud@ucrmath.UUCP

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From: bud@ucrmath.UCR.EDU (bud mckenzie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Midget Racer  yes/no ?
Summary: A1000 owner considering purchase
Keywords: 68020 68881 midget racer accelerator
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Date: 20 Dec 89 00:55:34 GMT
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