stevef@bug.UUCP (Steven R Fordyce) (06/06/91)
I have come to possess a large number of Processor Accelerators for all models of the Amiga that I will sell for $125 each shipping included. These are new units, in the box, were built by DigiFeX and are fully tested. These accelerators are four layer boards that replace the processor and plug into its socket with no other connections. These boards are built around a 16 MHz 68000 and run at 14 Mhz, double the standard processor speed. The speed up you get with this product depends on the software you are running, but it runs from 10 to 30%. These boards (there is a different one for the 500, 1000, and 2000, so let me know what you want) also accept 68881 floating point unit of any speed, although it doesn't pay to get one faster than 16 MHz. For software that uses the math chip (and most doesn't, but anything that uses Commodore's double precision math libraries, or that you compile to use them, will) you can get speed ups of eight to ten times or more. The 1000 version also comes with a socket for a Kickstart ROM, and instructions and the other parts you need to switch to Kickstart in ROM (no more need for the Kickstart disk!) and use the 256k of Kickstart RAM as FastRAM for your programs. The socket accepts the same ROM as the 500 or 2000 and you can get them from your Amiga dealer. The 1000 version also has a battery-backed-up clock option which I will sell for $40. These boards have no known compatibly problems, except the 8up in the 2000. If you have an 8up memory board, I don't recommend a Processor Accelerator. Also, if you have a 500 with an A590 or other DMA hard drive controller, please let me know, and I will make a modification that only affects DMA in some cases. I also have MultiPort boards for sale at $250. The MultiPort board adds the following to an Amiga 2000 or 3000: A printer port An RS232 port on a 9 pin DIN An RS422 port on an 8 pin mini DIN Optionally ($50 extra), a SCSI hard disk controller The printer port is meant to free up the Amiga's parallel port for things other than printers, like digitizers. The RS232 port has the same pinout as a standard AT serial port. The RS422 port can be used as a serial port (it has the same pinout as a Mac and takes the same cables) or with DigiFeX's Interact software ($80) can be used to network Amiga's on an AppleTalk compatible network. The SCSI controller is one of the fastest 8 bit transfer controllers available for the Amiga. If you want one of these, call or send a check to: Steven R. Fordyce 6913 Sunnyview Rd NE Salem, OR 97305-9543 (503)362-8637 Steven R. Fordyce uunet!sequent!ether!stevef -- uunet!sequent!ether!stevef I am the NRA Steven R. Fordyce Not all activists are leftists ... We have an energy policy: the free market.