hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu) (11/02/90)
In article <1990Nov1.220315.21616@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> cmm1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Christopher M Mauritz) writes: >>PS: I am selling it because I want Mr. Small's 030 upgrade. >Huh? Please, do tell more! Gee, dunno for sure on that one, but Jim Allen has announced an '030 upgrade for Mega STs. (Won't fit in anything else.) To be available beginning sometime next month. Uses TOS 1.6, which is apparently fully compatible with the '030. The base kit will use the regular ST's memory, and there will be another board for using 32-bit memory. (No speed limit. If you can find 35ns DRAMs to fill it with, you can run at 50MHz and zero (!!) wait states.) Sounds really good. (Dunno how it's done, but he says the 32 bit RAM will be completely compatible with everything else, e.g., accessible to the DMA controller, etc.) I guess this is the result of all that time Jim Allen and Dave Small spent on the idea. Cool stuff. This has been discussed for a while on GEnie; I just phoned Jim earlier today to get details. There will also be a discount for current T16 owners. Dunno how much, I don't think any prices have been quoted yet. -- -- Howard Chu @ University of Michigan Mac// - adv., q.v. MacToo, e.g. McHave a McHappy McDay! McThanks, McYou MacToo!
mjv@brownvm.brown.edu (Marshall Vale) (11/06/90)
In article <1990Nov2.040219.15689@math.lsa.umich.edu> hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu) writes: > I just phoned Jim > earlier today to get details. There will also be a discount for current T16 > owners. Dunno how much, I don't think any prices have been quoted yet. > -- > -- Howard Chu @ University of Michigan Hi Howard, When I spoke to Jim at the Boston show, he said a price of ~$995 for the bare 68030 @16MHz (Tos 1.62 included) board. A 68882 would be extra. Faster clock rates would be available (also as upgrades) and the ram expansion board would a small extra too. The board looked great! It was very compact and still left the Mega's expansion slot open for such things as the Moniterm or Appletalk (gimme, gimme) boards. It fit towards the bottom of the Mega so you can't still have an internal hard disk. The ram board would then fit between it and the floppy. Good stuff. Jim was a really pleasure to chat with. Nice guy. Marshall ******************************************************************* -> Internet: mjv@brownvm.brown.edu "He had found the perfect TV mix, on Marvin's Hour of Power. (The show that put the FUN back into fundamentalist)." -- Neil Gaiman; Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Propecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch