cullip@sargent.cs.unc.edu (Timothy Cullip) (03/18/91)
Does anyone have CSA's phone number? I want to call them and ask them some questions about the MegaMidgetRacer (MMR). Maybe someone on the net can answer the questions. Can the MMR be purchased without a 68030 chip (I already have a 68030 chip). I've seen mail order adds for the 25 MHz version for about $650, seems like a 68030less one could be had cheaper. Do all the various speed versions (20 MHz thru 33 MHz [and beyond?]) use the same PC board and support chips? What I'm asking is, is the only difference between them the rated speed of the 68030 and the crystal (and optional 68882)? What chips or SIMMS or SIPS or whatever go on the daughter memory board for the MMR. Can the daughter board be purchased with no memory. What is a going price for the daughter board? Anyone have anything bad to say about the MMR? Anybody want to sell there's? -- Tim Cullip cullip@cs.unc.edu
davem@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM (Dave K. Martin) (03/23/91)
When I ordered my Mega-Midgit Racer (MMR), I was given the choice of a board with the 68030 and without. The prices were something like $710 with, $630 without. Since then the prices have dropped by about $150 or thereabouts. Mine cost $530 with the 25 mhz 68030. As I understand it, there are two versions of the dram daughter-board. One for the A-500 and one for the A-2000. Either will work in the A-1000. The A-500 version has sockets for 1-meg dip chips. The A-2000 version has soldered in 1-meg zip chips and is much smaller so as not to overhang the video slot space. The A-500 version is longer and extends out past the edge of the A-2000 cover. If you don't want the cover on, then the A-500 board will work ok. You can add chips to the A-500 version but have to buy the A-2000 version with chips in the memory configuration you want. Supposedly, there is an upgrade policy on the A-2000 board. Buy a 2-meg board, then trade it iin for a 4-meg (or 8-meg) when you can afford it. This should not be taken as absolute fact. It is what I have picked up from the reviews I have read and from reading the MMR manual. I may be way out in left field (as usual :-) about all of this. Hope this helps.... Dave (anxiously awaiting when I can afford a dram board for my MMR) M.