tcwan@umiami.ir.miami.edu (02/28/91)
In article <27C81F0A.4910@orion.oac.uci.edu>, eaeu137@orion.oac.uci.edu (Andrew Theodore Laurence) writes: > When I called Total Systems, the gal I talked to said they were going to > retail at $2999, but through March they were having an "introductory offer" > of around $2000. > > Added feature: Their product information (I just loooove 800 numbers, don't > you?) indicates that the Magellan has a processor direct slot on the board > itself, so you can still add video or whatever. (They had a name for it, but > it escapes me.) Also, they said they've published the specs for this slot, > "to encourage the development of [slot name]." I'm wondering: wouldn't this > second board have to pull the viscious u-turn to fit in an si? [stuff deleted] Since we are on the subject, I have a question regarding the operation of the accelerator itself: Does it replace the 68030 CPU on the motherboard completely, ie: disable it; or does it act as a sort of a co-processor? It would seem like a big waste to have a 68030 sitting idle on the motherboard if it can be utilized to handle stuff like i/o and possibly quickdraw acceleration? Is what I described anywhere near the truth or even feasable? Curious, T.C. Wan Grad Student, Univ. of Miami Internet: tcwan@umiami.miami.edu