[comp.sys.amiga] GVP 68030 board

sjf@reading.ac.uk (Steve Fisher) (07/15/89)

  I have seen an advert in this country for a GVP 25MHz
68030 co-processor board for the B2000 and I would like to
know of peoples experiences with this board.
  My current system is a B2000 with a Microbotics Hardframe
with a ST157N hard disk.
 It is a rev 6 B2000 with 1Meg fatter Agnes.

I would specifically like to know how you add 32 bit memory
expansion to the board and how easy it is to disable and
revert to the standard 68000.
 Thanks in advance for any help on this subject.
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gavs_c22@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (STARK) (03/04/90)

What would be the increase in speed of just the GVP 68030 without ANY of the
32 bit memory?  Also is it possible to purchase the 68030 board with the 
memory and WITHOUT the hard drive controller? If so, what is the going price?


Gavin Stark (gavs_c22@uhura.cc.rochester.edu)

dfrancis@tronsbox.UUCP (Dennis Francis Heffernan) (03/16/90)

Gavin Stark (gavs_c22@uhura.cc.rochester.edu) asks

> What would be the increase in speed of just the GVP 68030 without ANY of the
> 32 bit memory?  Also is it possible to purchase the 68030 board with the
> memory and WITHOUT the hard drive controller? If so, what is the going price?

I have the 25 MHz board sans memory.  I'm getting about a 50% speed increase,
depending on what's going on.  It is possible to buy the board without the
memory- I don't know the price, I got mine from a friend- but you can't get
it without the hard drive controller.  That is built-in.


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