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#A1200 LAUNCHED IN UK!!!

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#75500From: SHAWN SWITENKYNov 1, 1992 10:50 AM
Hi All, I just posted a GIF of the A1200 add. It looks like a A600 that has been stretched to fit a A500 keyboard. Other things it has are IDE drive interface, 14MHZ 68020, fully 32bit datapaths the AGA chipset, a space for a mathpro ( althogh there is no socket, you can solder one in and expect it to work ) and it runs WB3.0 More details of this machine are expected on the 16th of Nov. Shawn Switenky
#75507From: Steve AhlstromNov 1, 1992 12:50 PM
Shawn, You are incorrect in some of the features of the A1200. It uses a 68EC020. As such, it only has a 24 bit address path. It cannot use a math coprocessor or an MMU. -sja
#75550From: Dean BrownNov 1, 1992 8:15 PM
Steve, According to the specs I have on the 68EC020 it _will_ support a math coprocessor. I don't believe there is one in the standard A1200, but there is on reason that I know of that one couldn't be added. Dean DKB Software
#75599From: Kevin DarlingNov 2, 1992 1:21 AM
Dean, Someone on Usenet looked inside an A1200, and says there are surface mount pads for a math coprocessor. I bet few people add it on their own, tho! 🙂 kev
#75671From: Dean BrownNov 2, 1992 6:42 PM
Kevin, Yeah, the pads are there on the motherboard. The math co-processor can also be added via the expansion connector on the bottom of the machine. Dean DKB Software
#75609From: Kelly JordanNov 2, 1992 5:58 AM
Steve, The EC020 CAN use a math coprocessor. The coprocessor interface was retained in the EC020. 73, Kelly