troia@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Paolo V. Troia) (05/10/91)
I was looking at some mid-1990 Amiga magazines and saw some ads from a company called Imtronics advertizing an accelerator for the A500 called the Hurricane 500. I would be interested in buying this product for my Amiga, but I wasn't able to contact Imtronics at the phone number on the old ads... Are they still in business, and if not, is there any other company that still sells their products? Also, what are the current alternatives for accelerating the 500 for ~$500 or less? I've heard good things of the ICD AdSDSpeed, and have heard of the the Saphire from TTR, and the Midget Racer from CSA. I didn't list the Mega Midget Racer because its price is out of my budget, although I've heard it's an execellent product. I have no need for a FPU at this time, but it would be nice to have the option to do add one in the future. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paolo V. Troia | Universidad de Puerto Rico | // Amiga p_troia@upr1.upr.clu.edu | Recinto Universitario de Mayaguez | \X/ o nada! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paolo V. Troia | Universidad de Puerto Rico | // Amiga p_troia@upr1.upr.clu.edu | Recinto Universitario de Mayaguez | \X/ o nada! --------------------------------------------------------------------------
guineau@star.enet.dec.com (W. John Guineau) (05/18/91)
In article <15764@life.ai.mit.edu>, troia@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Paolo V. Troia) writes... > > I was looking at some mid-1990 Amiga magazines and saw some ads from a >company called Imtronics advertizing an accelerator for the A500 called >the Hurricane 500. I would be interested in buying this product for my >Amiga, but I wasn't able to contact Imtronics at the phone number on the >old ads... Are they still in business, and if not, is there any other >company that still sells their products? > Imtronics was a US based front for the real company in Germany. I got the name of this company (written down at home) from Ralph Babel. I called them directly and spoke with their technical people. The are offering upgrades to their current line of products - especially the Hurricane 68030 board for the A2000. They promised to send me an updated disk with thier utilities on it. Until I get this "test" mailing, I won't trust sending my accelerator card to Germany! I will look up the company name/address/phone number and post it this weekend. -- W. John Guineau grep meaning life | more VMS Development Digital Equipment Corporation guineau@star.enet.dec.com
guineau@star.enet.dec.com (W. John Guineau) (05/19/91)
In article <22750@shlump.lkg.dec.com>, guineau@star.enet.dec.com (W. John Guineau) writes... > >I will look up the company name/address/phone number and post it this weekend. And here it is: Intelligent Memory Adam-Opel-Strasse 10 D-6000 Frankfurt, Germany Phone: 011-49-69-410071 -- W. John Guineau grep meaning life | more VMS Development Digital Equipment Corporation guineau@star.enet.dec.com