#Which 040 board?
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I'm looking for some in-sight.
Which A2000 '040 board would you buy:
PPI Zeus 040 or
GVP G-Force 040
CSA Magnum 40/4 And why
Thanks in advance, bob
(NiteWare Productions, Inc.)
None of the above – I'd buy the RCS Managment '040 board, hands down.
–Ben
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What makes the RCS board special over the rest of the pack?
Bob, NiteWare Productions
It works, consistantly. We've had some of the others in here, one
progressive and several of the GVP's, and had nothing but trouble. We've
got multiple RCS boards installed now, and NO problems – also, some of the
other people associated with us have the RCS '040 boards – one of the
board members, a contract programmer – again, no problems. The board is
fast, it's reliable, it's inexpensive, holds a reasonable amount of memory
(32 megabytes) should you need to configure it that way, and it's easy to
get ahold of.
Our experience could have been a fluke; but it was consistant.
–Ben
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Ben:
Could you detail the advantages of the RCS board as compared to the
others. Keeping in mind, speed, cost, compatibility, support, etc…
Thanks!
-Jonathan
Support has been excellent; speed is 28 mhz, you can request (as I did) a
25 mhz version of the board (I'm a conservative at heart) or just take it
at the 28 mhz clock speed. Mostly we've got 28's, and they work fine. Cost
is excellent – you can get the board for under $1000 US, last I checked.
Compatibility is as good as any of the 040 boards; that is, 040's are the
LEAST compatible processor due to various advances in the CPU's
architecture, and ANY '040 board will give poorly written games fits, and
may even give some otherwise well-done applications a problem or three.
But in no way is the RCS board a source of specific problems.
–Ben
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I just set up someone with a PPI 040 33MHz. It's a Toaster 2.0 system and also
has a GVP Series II SCSI board. The 040 board dropped right in and fired up
without a whimper. The system's being used constantly now and I haven't gotten
any calls from the guy. I think the board cost about $1100 with 4MB on board
(we added memory that I had stocked). It runs cool, and the utilities and
documentation that come with the board are professional.
Mind you, I'm not a professional Amiga hacker, just a hobbyist.
RCS Fusion Forty was the best for my 2000.
–Paul < Motorola Inside >
Robert:
I believe someone was selling the Progressive ZUES boards with SCSI 2 etc
for around $600. It would be hard to beat that price.
I just sold my A2000 system about a month ago with the older Progressive
2000/040 board. I had the board for a year with ZERO problems.
Norm
Norm –
> I believe someone was selling the Progressive ZUES boards with SCSI 2
> etc for around $600.
From the downloadable Safe Harbor catalog for April,
Zeus 68040/0 28 MHz………………Progressive Periph 549.00
Zeus 68040/0 33 MHz………………Progressive Periph 789.00
. . . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
Jim,
Do you know if the deal on the Progressive 040 boards is a sale or is
that the regular price from now on? I'm wondering should I take some
money out of savings or wait until I have it to spend. Thanks.
-Sean
Sale? Don't know. Rumored to be an effort to try to regain market share
after their warehouse fire.
. . . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
Jim,
Thanks for the info.
-Sean