cyd@milton.u.washington.edu (David Adrian) (06/07/91)
Two things. First, an update: Everything I advertised earlier has been sold, except my Sapphire accelerator. That includes the Xetec controller, drives, and the 500 system. Thanks for all the replies. Second, I still want to sell the Saphhire. To answer the most common questions in advance: The board fits in the 500, includes no 32-bit RAM and runs at system bus speed. For floating-point math, you get about a 3x increase in speed (examples: mandelbrots, ray-tracing, VISTA). Other stuff runs a little less than twice as fast. The maker, TTR, plans a very generous upgrade to their upcoming '030 (33 or 50 Mhz, with RAM) card. The board was used for about 3 weeks, and compatability was very good. I'll accept any reasonable offer. This account will disappear soon, so if I don't reply in a couple of days, my # is (206) 632-0913. Thanks. Adrian.