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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

265.0. "TURBO?" by NISYSE::GREENIDGE () Thu Jan 22 1987 15:02

    Can anyone please tell me what a Turbo-Amiga is and where
    they are sold for how much?  I have seen the test results
    in this file and I am impressed with raw speed (could it
    really be faster than VENUS?).  
    
                            Thanks,
                            Superclam
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265.1FYILEDS::ACCIARDIThu Jan 22 1987 20:4619
    The Turbo-Amiga consists of a stock Amiga with an expansion chassis
    connected to the Amiga buss.  The chassis contains it's own power
    supply, fan, slots, etc.  From pictures I have seen, it has about
    the footprint of a Sidecar, but twice the height.  
    
    For $5475.00, (Suggested price, not discount) you get an entire
    512K Amiga with monitor and two floppys, and the expansion chassis
    with a 14 MHz 68020/68881, 32-bit memory (either 512K or 1 meg, expandable),
    and a 20 meg hard drive with SCSI host adaptor.  The manufacturer
    claims compatibility with all Amiga software, 'tho I'd take that
    with a grain of salt.  They do guarantee that all compilers,
    assemblers, etc work.
                     
    The company is...
    	
    	Computer System Associates
    	7564 Trade Street
    	San Diego, CA 92121
    	(619) 566-3911
265.2More on CSALEDS::ACCIARDIThu Jan 22 1987 20:517
    Re: .1
    
    I forgot to add that CSA will sell the chassis alone, you provide
    the Amiga.  DOn't know what the price is.  They also make a Turbo
    board that fits inside the Amiga and adds a 68020/68881, but alas,
    you are stuck with the measly 7.12 Mhz clock and 16 bit RAM.  I don't 
    know what kind of performance boost this configuration gives.
265.3REGENT::DITTMERSat Apr 23 1988 00:543