mplevine@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Marshall P. Levine) (04/13/91)
I need more speed. I currently have an AMIGA 2000, GVP quantum 40 hardcard, micron 2-meg memory card, 2088 bridge, PLUS systems 40 hardcard (on the IBM bus), and two 3.5" floppies and one 5.25" floppy, all internal. I am a computer science undergraduate, concentrating on computer graphics. I would like to develop some 3D animation software for the amiga but want a faster setup on which to do so. I am considering either selling my 2000 for some form of 3000, or buying an accelerator. The 50Mhz GVP 3001 upgrade looks very tempting. I would greatly appreciate any advice that anyone out there can give me. The GVP setup comes with 4 or 8 megs of 32-bit ram, I think. Since I already have 3 megs of 16 bit ram, won't this go over the limit for my system, since I have the bridgeboard? Also, can I get the 32-bit memory to be allocated first, even before the motherboard's one meg? I can probably get an educational discount, which is a big factor. I am interested in the pros and cons of accelerating the 2000 vs. upgrading to a 3000. If you think I should accelerate, please be specific on how to do so (GVP 3001 vs. CBM 2630, for example). Please respond via e-mail. Many thanks. -- Marshall Levine