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Re: Zorro II memory on 3000?

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From: Dave Haynie
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 01:18
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In article <1992Nov13.074541.13733@ncsu.edu> hgm@ncsu.edu (Hal G. Meeks) writes:
>I have a 2052 memory card sitting here, waiting for something to do. I own a
>3000, which could use more memory. I know the 16bit ZorroII memory card will
>work in the 3000, but what kind of penalty am I facing in terms of
>performance by using it?

5-10 years at hard labor...  

OK, maybe nothing quite so horrible.  Speed-wise, the A2052 or any other Zorro
II RAM board will run at about half the speed of unsaturated Chip RAM.  
Effectively less if you run code from it.  Power-wise, the A2052 is a power
hog, and will gobble roughly 3Amps at 5VDC from your A3000 (you have a total
of 17.5 of those Amps to spread around).  It will also have the side-effect
of turning your A3000 into a space heater, which may or may not be a good thing
depending on the normal room temperature you live with.
-- 
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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Zorro II memory on 3000?
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Date: 17 Nov 92 01:18:01 GMT
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