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