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040 Accelerator

    06-Jul-91 06:41:14
Sb: #27296-040 Accelerator
Fm: Mike Roth 73316,1075
To: Steve Ahlstrom 76703,2006
I was shocked too, but it's supposed to have lots of 32 bit burst memory and other neat things. I don't recall all the details — I sort of blurred out when I heard the price. We were talking about a busted pin on my Mega Midget Racer and the guy was trying to interest me in ordering some 32-bit ram for the board for after it was fixed, and then he launched into a lengthy pitch for the '040 board they had in the works, presumably because I asked "So how's business?" But it's kind of like the American Express Platinum card — it sounds neat until you find out the annual fee is $300. I'm not even sure I know what burst memory is, but to hear him, it's real fast. I suppose if I were doing video animation production work I'd be drooling over it, but with my uses, the 25 MHz '030/882 in my MMR stays ahead of me most of the time. :^) Mike