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    Can someone with access to usenet/whatever upload this here?  Sounds
    like an interesting project...
    

    LUCAS arrived over comp.sources.amiga just a few days ago and looks
    solid.  Schematic plots are available from me.  If DEC interoffice
    mail reaches your site, send me a request via e-mail, including
    your name and mailstop.  Copies of the Motorola application note
    are also available.
    
    Now let's go out and _build_ these suckers!

    By popular demand, these schematics are available in electronic
    form.  Copy from
    
    	NAC::USER$12:[PLOUFF.PUBLIC.AMIGA]PLOTS.ARC	<-- HP 7475
    					  PLOTS_PS.ARC	<-- Postscript
    
    Both will produce 10 x 15" plots on 11 x 17" paper.  PLOTS.PS is
    output for an HP7475 plotter, but should work on almost any HP plotter,
    also on the old DEC buyout desktop plotter.  PLOTS_PS.ARC produces
    good quality plots on an LPS40 printer.  Read the 'readme' file
    in the archive.
    
    Due to space limitations, these files will only be available here
    until about Nov. 18.
    
    Wes

There also on WJG::AMIGA:

    The schematics look pretty good on an LPS40!! is there more info,
    (like where to get the Board, PAL's instructions??)
    
    Robb

    LUCAS appeared in Usenet comp.sources.amiga postings just at the
    beginning of the week.  The whole thing is in several notes in the
    Usenet 'shadow' notesfile MSBIS::AMIGA_USENET.  Look somewhere between
    notes 4500 and 4850.
    
    Wes

    Ooops, in my eagerness to explore this little beauty and print out
    the plots, etc.  I hadn't noticed that it's only for the A1000!
    Has anyone had any ideas for porting this thing over to the A2000?
    

    There is an article in the latest (issue 3 i think) of Amiga Transactor
    about the LUCAS board. There is an address to write to obtain a
    bare board ($40) and the 4 PALs ($25). 
    
    	Brad Fowles
    	RR #5 Caledon East
    	Ontario, Canada
    	L0N 1E0
    
    Anyone in this conference build one yet?  Software compatibility?
    Benchmarks?
    
    					Jim
    
    He (Brad Fowler) says he will be writing an article about a 32bit
    memory daughterboard for this coprocessor in a future article.
    
    

re .-1:

Does that mean the Transactor is shipping now?


John

    Yep. They even explain why so long. Financial difficulties that
    have since been remidied. If I recall , they now have a new publisher
    (i left the magazine at work, when I entered the previous reply).
     All in all , a good issue (a little piece on ray tracing theory
    too)
    
    					Jim
    

I had a question reading the Transactor article as to whether the dollars
mentioned in the prices for the Lucas board were Canadian dollars or
U.S dollars.  And anyhow, how does one send money, U.S. or Canadian,
to Canada?

regards,
-jim

    re. .11
    
    If you want to send money to any other country, you should send
    the currency of the country.  Most stores refuse personal checks
    if foreign currency.
    
    Any bank (at least in Canada eh!) is able to give you a International
    Money order in the currency of your choice.  It is like a certified
    check in the foreign curency specified on it.

    The post office also sell this service (again, in Canada, not sure
    about USA?). The cost of this is about one $.
    
    Vince.

    Major Canadian banks accept U.S. checks written in U.S. dollars
    with no problems.  May take a while to clear back to your account.
    (Source -- friend in Montr�al.)  In this case you're probably safe
    sending an ordinary check from the States.  But you should ask first
    if you can.
    
    BTW, sending checks in the reverse direction is much more difficult.

    Those Canadian businesses that cater to customers from both sides of
    the border are usually willing to accept payment in either currency,
    but they give a pretty poor exchange rate.  Many others don't want to
    be hassled by the long delays and uncertainties of the echange process. 
    
    I've found that International Postal Money Orders are the easiest and
    cheapest way to send payment in foreign funds.  My local bank wanted a
    stiff service charge ($20!) on top of the exchange fee to write a check
    in Canadian Dollars.  It wasn't worth it.  Any U.S. Post Office can
    write a money order for Canadian funds (they use the domestic form and
    write in "Canadian Dollars"); only major offices (generally the same
    ones that accept passport applications) handle other foreign currencies.

	Well, in *_CIVILIZED_* countries, by which I mean those with 
decent banking systems, it is possible to write a cheque in just about 
any currency.  The person receiving the payment doesn't have to bother 
about the exchange rate, thats all handled by the bank upon which the 
cheque is drawn and the fee should be very small if anything.

	Reg

    Being from the Great White North and dealing with the US for many
    things i try to use plastic first, then a Postal Money Order in
    US funds. For a magazine i subscibe to, they wanted an extra $10
    if i sent a canadian check (this was the charge that the bank charged
    them for cashing it). The Postal Money Order is easy and the exchange
    rate is quite good. 
    
     mark

Thanks for the info regarding International Money Orders.  When I order the
board, I'll do it that way.

Now (and this repeated question is probably directed more to our Canadian
readers), any idea whether the dollars mentioned in the prices for the Lucas
board were Canadian dollars or U.S dollars?  Since the Transactor is a Canadian
magazine, I'm assuming that the prices were quoted in Canadian dollars. Right?
Wrong?

regards,
-jim