#Which accelerator?
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I've been using ProPage for a while on my stock 2000 and it's just too slow.
Now it looks like it would be a good idea to purchase an accelerator, if it's
not too expensive.
Have you seen the ad for the SupraTurbo28? It's not out yet, but it
looks like it might be a good deal for about $170. One hardware
merchant today tried to sell me a Microbiotics 25mhz 030 for $150,
saying that it would be FOUR times faster than the ST28. Does this
make sense?
I'd be interested in hearing from other non-wealthy Amiga users who grok my
situation.
…Jeez on my 040 propage is just to slow :>
The SupraTurbo is fast 68000 with some cache memory….it still can't
compair to a 68030. I think the MB 030 you looked at is disontinued,
thats why you got such a good price, but I would still recommend it over
the supra28.
3 to 4x as fast sounds about right…
Dave
Elite MicroComputers – Flying high on AutoPilot
Does that $150 for the Microbotics '30 board include memory? Having
32-bit memory makes a big difference in speed.
=Edjs-
Edward_Swatschek@mindlink.bc.ca
I've ordered the supra28 myself, will publish my own experiences with
it when it arrives. currently using AdRam 540/w4megs, 1 chip, an
ATOnce, and the A570, any incompatibilities will be noted. The main
speed increase you'd get in using an '030 is the larger register set
and "wider" memory access path, but that is negated if you don't buy
the 32-bit RAM for it. In that case there won't be any noticeable
speed increases over a "hot" 68000.
Peter
Definitely let us know how your setup runs!
I have a 500 sitting here beside my 1200, that has an Atonce+ card in it
and I'd like to know if they can coexist.
(I forsee problems, but I hope I'm wrong!)
Bob Comer — Cruising the nets on AutoPilot
So far (as a Beta Tester for the ST28) the only incompatability I've had
is between the ST28 and the GVP FaastRom 3.14 I had. I got the Rom
upgrade kit from GVP that had the 4.34 Rom and I've not had a single
difficulty since.
28.4 MHz ain't supersonic but it sure is flying!
Rodger
I'm using the ST28 on my A500 with Baseboard w/4 megs memory and the
B-Pal option, a GVP SII HD+ with 4 Megs memory, WB2.1 and the 2.04
ROM. I've got a total of 8.5 megs memory. The only difficulty I had
when I first got it was caused by the early FaastRom I had in the
GVP. GVP caches data in any on-board memory. When the ST28 was in
Turbo mode and I tried to access the HD I got CRC errors on sector
xxxxx. They weren't there. When I upgraded my FaastRom to the 4.34
version and used the SuprTurbocache program that comes with the ST28
all problems went away!