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- From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Zorro II memory on 3000?
- Message-ID: <37085@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 01:18:01 GMT
- References: <1992Nov13.074541.13733@ncsu.edu>
- Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
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- In article <1992Nov13.074541.13733@ncsu.edu> hgm@ncsu.edu (Hal G. Meeks) writes:
- >I have a 2052 memory card sitting here, waiting for something to do. I own a
- >3000, which could use more memory. I know the 16bit ZorroII memory card will
- >work in the 3000, but what kind of penalty am I facing in terms of
- >performance by using it?
-
- 5-10 years at hard labor...
-
- OK, maybe nothing quite so horrible. Speed-wise, the A2052 or any other Zorro
- II RAM board will run at about half the speed of unsaturated Chip RAM.
- Effectively less if you run code from it. Power-wise, the A2052 is a power
- hog, and will gobble roughly 3Amps at 5VDC from your A3000 (you have a total
- of 17.5 of those Amps to spread around). It will also have the side-effect
- of turning your A3000 into a space heater, which may or may not be a good thing
- depending on the normal room temperature you live with.
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