On Tuesday, November 12, 2002, at 01:20 PM, Terry Mathews wrote: > A lot of similar upgrades in the Mac world would have the CPU and RAM > on > their own circuit board and that contraption would plug into the CPU > socket. > Tricky stuff, but would allow faster RAM access, which is the only > thing an > Amiga would be lacking AFAIK.
Many of the Amiga expansion cards had just that - my old A1200 (which eventually suffered from drinking most of a cup of coffee while it was turned on - oops!) had a 50Mhz 030 card, with its own RAM and own scsi controller. About the only thing of much consequence running at the old original speed was the graphics system, which was a pity - but it was my web machine for 7 years :). I'm sure if Apple folded just before powermacs were released, we'd have dozens of independent manufacturers putting out 060 cards with ROM patches, perhaps coldfire, or something different. Then I got my first mac... y'all know what happens then :) dana -- http://www.danamania.com/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
