NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/comp/sys/amiga/misc/20333

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From: [e-mail] (Gael_Marziou)
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 12:44:45 GMT
Subject: Re: Accelerated A500?
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/ hpgnd149:comp.sys.amiga.misc / Jonathan Robert Avrach <[e-mail]> /  1:30 am  Jan 20, 1993 /
> I have an A500.  It's an old machine, a dinosaur in fact.  I am
> seriously considering getting the GVP A530 turbo (40 MHz 68030/120 mb
> drive/1-8 meg RAM) to plug into the side port (the so called "scuzzy").
> I would like some feedback on this idea.  I could really use some more
> speed and memory to do all of the multitasking I would like.

I own a GVP 530 120 Mb HD and 4 Mb 32 bits RAM.
First thing, it really flies, sysinfo gives an acceleration ratio about 13.
It's faster than an A3000 25 Mhz, especially when you relloc kickstart in 32
bits RAM.
Yes, it can have 1 to 8 Mb of 32 bits RAM but in fact you have only two
places where to plug RAM memory so you can have 1,2,4 or 8 Mb not 3 or 5 for
example.
So, I recommend you to take 4 Mb as it can be expanded to 8 instead
of 1Mb than can only be expanded to 2 Mb if you want to keep your first Mb.
One thing, I don't like there's a switch that allow you to boot in 68000 but
then you haven't access to RAM and HD.
It has its own power supplier but no power on/off button. It just starts when
you boot your 500 which is great I think regarding previous GVP HD.

Hope this helps,
Gael


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