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| 5344.1 | Tiny bit more detail | BAHTAT::HILTON | How's it going royal ugly dudes? | Tue Jan 14 1992 06:53 | 9 |
| Feb's UK Amiga Format says:
..adapted from the Vortex ATOnce card..
Only work with new Impact II A500-HD+. No release date yet. It will
have 2 expasion slots, one for the PC emulator and one for a 68040
accelerator.
Greg
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| 5344.2 | New A500-HD+ ? | DUCK::NONDEP | Il est des fois que je souhaite.... | Tue Jan 14 1992 07:03 | 3 |
| How do you know if you order a new Impact II A500-HD+ ?
Cheers, Patrick
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| 5344.3 | a500 040 board mmmmmhhh... | MACNAS::COLLINS | STEVE | Tue Jan 14 1992 08:56 | 11 |
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I thought the bit about the 68040 card for the slot in the a500 hd
addon was a missprint , I can't see much of a market , I'd imagine
the cost will be prohibitivley expensive for 500 owners as it could be
upto 4-5 times the price of the 500 itself.
Having said that , if any one sees any pricing or availability
announced please post it here .
Steve..
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| 5344.4 | caution advised | SALEM::LEIMBERGER | | Tue Jan 14 1992 09:25 | 12 |
| Past experiance with GVP indicates that if you order the unit for the
500 you would get the + automatically. GVP tends to upgrade, and
then ship whatever is the latest. I am ordering a GVP 030 card for the
2000. Now my dealer informed me that I could no longer get a 33mhz
card. He said that they are shipping 40mhz at the same price. So as
you can see you always tend to get the latest whstever. However if you
go mail order you will get the price everyone is drooling over, but
you must be carefull to specify what you want. ie: inquire if it is
the + version. I expect many mail order places are still shipping the
33mhz for the 2000, and many may have a bunch of 500 units that are not
pluses. Just state what you want.
bill
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| 5344.5 | 040 my 500, please! | COMET::BELLMJ | | Wed Jan 15 1992 02:46 | 14 |
| I don't quite understand this. They are making an adaptation of the
ATonce for the "mini slot" which really is just the 86 pin extension of
the bus signals, if I remember correctly.
But they will also make an 040 accelerator to fit in the same space?
How can you fit two more computers in that little niche, knowing one
needs a heat sink the size of Missouri to cool it?
I tell you, if they do make it I'm buying it! I'd just want to make
sure both would fit.
So no one has the Feb Amiga World?
Mike
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| 5344.6 | I'll look tonight in AW | ATIS01::ASHFORTH | | Wed Jan 15 1992 08:24 | 5 |
| Sorry, I'm so used to others responding ultrafast that I didn't squirrel this
away in my mental "to do" list. I'll try to remember to peek at Feb. AmigaWorld
tonight for any mention of the new GVP board.
Bob
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| 5344.7 | Don't think so | SALEM::LEIMBERGER | | Wed Jan 15 1992 09:10 | 4 |
| I saw the add for the PC286 board. It will occupy the buss slot in the
500-hd8+ . I don't see any way they will be able to plug 2 cards in.
Unless the buss has a passthru.
bill
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| 5344.8 | I'll figure a way | COMET::BELLMJ | | Thu Jan 16 1992 00:18 | 7 |
| Well, see, in the grand scheme of things, I want to add a PC emulator
and an accelerator. If GVP indeed will make an 040 and two boards
won't fit in there, I'll get it and the Atonce+.
If the 040 board is vaporgossip, I'll get the PC286 and the VXL-30.
Mike
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| 5344.9 | Report on AW Ad | ATIS01::ASHFORTH | | Thu Jan 16 1992 08:16 | 11 |
| I checked out the Feb. AmigaWorld ad for the PC286- it's part of the ad for the
HD8 (or whatever) hard drive for the 500, since the mini-slot of the hard drive
box is where the PC mini-card goes.
I don't know where the association of this box/slot/card with an '040 accelerator
came from- maybe somewhere else they've mentioned such a card which would go
into the mini-slot *instead* of the PC286?
Anyway, that's the scoop on the AW ad...
Bob
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| 5344.10 | Choice! | BAHTAT::HILTON | How's it going royal ugly dudes? | Thu Jan 16 1992 09:00 | 8 |
| The Feb Amiga Format says the 040 accel. card was announced in November
at World of Commodore. THis new ATOnce card is a new announcment.
I think the HD+ has one mini slot, so you choose, ATOnce or 040
accelerator.
Greg
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| 5344.11 | Info? | COMET::BELLMJ | | Thu Jan 16 1992 23:20 | 3 |
| Does anyone have any particulars about this Format announcement?
Mike
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| 5344.12 | Vortex 286 + card | ARRODS::GOLDSTEIN | Steve G. DTN: 847-5401 | Fri Jan 17 1992 04:16 | 11 |
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Well last night I was in Diamond Computers in Tottenham Court Rd.
and while speaking to Danny the manager he show me the GVP 286
board....
It's based on the Vortex's 286+ [the one with 1 meg on board and the
co-processor (287)]
Steve G
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