reynaldo@athena.mit.edu (Rey Villarreal) (01/24/90)
Could someone send me specs for the Lowell Board. Also how close to completion. I here Commodore bought the rights to it. Which leads to this non-informed guess. Take a A2000 with the new chip set, WB1.4, outline fonts, Add a A2630 with 4 megs, a 40 meg hd,put in a Lowell Board and a funky sticker and viola an A3000. A multitasking '030 machine with 1024X1024 resoltion with 256 colors simultaniously. ---Worlds most ardent Oiler fan
navas@cory.Berkeley.EDU (David C. Navas) (01/25/90)
In article <1990Jan24.111849.1673@athena.mit.edu> reynaldo@athena.mit.edu (Rey Villarreal) writes: >...this non-informed guess. Take a A2000 with the new chip set, WB1.4, >outline fonts, Add a A2630 with 4 megs, a 40 meg hd,put in a Lowell >Board and a funky sticker and viola an A3000. A multitasking '030 >machine with 1024X1024 resoltion with 256 colors simultaniously. > >---Worlds most ardent Oiler fan Ha Ha. Seriously, I don't know what is in a A3xxx [my zero key isn't working, scuse me...], but I can *almost* guarantee it won't be the Lowell card. As far as I had heard, there was just too much code that needed to be re-written to support such a card. Of course, Commodore might do that -- yeh right... I want 32 bit graphics chips, not hacked cards. But they probably won't be in the 3xxx either. I must restate that I have never seen the 3xxx at all. My guess is that they would want to market such a machine as a Unix box [that way the real advanced machines with advanced graphic chips don't push the 3xxx right out the door like the 68x3x did to the 68x2x board...]. Given that, they'll give you a bigger drive than 40 meg.... :>... I still want one, though... David Navas