coxc0011@ucselx.sdsu.edu (David Tse) (11/15/90)
I saw an ad on AmigaWorld recent issue about this ATonce: an 80286 on a daughterboard w/ a custom gate array to make up most chips of a 286 motherboard, and a 68000; a very small card which can be pluged into the 68000 socket in a A500 (or with a cable, to a A2000 slot, I didn't understand that one). It works as a task on AmigaDOS, requires 1MB, and uses the serial, parallel port, mouse (as MicroSoft mouse), keyboard, floppy drive (5.25 and 3.5), and harddrive (Pulsar XT board for A500 doesn't support HD). Screen emulation includes Herculus, CGA, Toshiba 3100 (?), and some odd one. list price is $398 (pretty good, isn't it :-) Clock speed is 7.2Mhz. Now I would like to know some more info. Does it work on an acclerated Amiga? (Seems like it runs as the same clock, so it probably uses the clock from Amiga). Either run on accelerated clock, or just 7.2MHz (slow but ok) Is it possible to make it run on A3000? (the description on how it connects to an A2000 is confusing) If yes, I might buy the A3000 without worrying another $1000 for an A2286 or a clone. Please reply by e-mail if possible. I hope the info is useful, I am not related to the company producing the product (from Germany). Thanks in advanced, David Tse -- /*****************************************************************************/ /* David Tse Internet: coxc0011@ucselx.sdsu.edu (expire 12/31/90) */ /* U.S. Mail: P.O. Box 15634, San Diego, CA 92175-0634, USA */ /* Organisation: San Diego State University, California, USA */
huebner@aero.aero.org (Robert E. Huebner) (11/16/90)
In article <1990Nov15.045613.4486@ucselx.sdsu.edu>, coxc0011@ucselx.sdsu.edu (David Tse) writes: |> |> I saw an ad on AmigaWorld recent issue about this ATonce: an 80286 |> on a daughterboard w/ a custom gate array to make up most chips of a 286 |> motherboard, and a 68000; a very small card which can be pluged into the |> 68000 socket in a A500 (or with a cable, to a A2000 slot, I didn't understand |> that one). |> It works as a task on AmigaDOS, requires 1MB, and uses the serial, |> parallel port, mouse (as MicroSoft mouse), keyboard, floppy drive (5.25 and |> 3.5), and harddrive (Pulsar XT board for A500 doesn't support HD). |> Screen emulation includes Herculus, CGA, Toshiba 3100 (?), and some |> odd one. |> list price is $398 (pretty good, isn't it :-) |> Clock speed is 7.2Mhz. I saw this one too, so I'd like to add two observations: 1) In the ad, the screen shot shows Windows 3.0 (I assume its 3.0, I'm not a Messy-Dos victim). The bottom of the ad states "MS-DOS and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.". However, there is no mention of Windows in the ad copy. This leads me to believe that either a) someone goofed or b) they found a last minute problem with the unit that forced them to pull their claim of Windows compatability 2) Also, by reading the ad literally, it sounds as if any memory beyond 720K becomes a RAM disk. Don't users get the option of using an extended memory manager to access this stuff? Overall, the description makes it sounds like a step up from the previous Pulsar board, since Harddrive support is essential for any serious PC use. There is a (slightly) longer and (perhaps) less biased mention of this product in the November issue of AUI (Amiga User Intn'l). ---- Robert Huebner huebner@aerospace.aero.org ----