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3295.1 | From the GVP price list | ULTRA::KINDEL | Bill Kindel @ BXB1 | Fri Jan 05 1990 15:25 | 96 |
3295.2 | 100meg not much more | SALEM::LEIMBERGER | | Fri Jan 05 1990 15:48 | 7 |
| I was considering this very thing,and entered a note about it not
long ago.(can't remember the number)What made me go for a standard
GVP drive instead was that if you boot in 68000 mode you cannot
see the drive.I figure if I go for it later,I'll use both drives.
OH! when I priced drives I found that you could get a 100meg drive
for about 100.00 over the cost of the 80meg.
bill
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3295.3 | WE TRIED IT...AND WE LIKED IT! | DNEAST::LARKIN_ED | | Sun Jan 07 1990 22:40 | 10 |
| WE HAVE A 3001 UPGRADE AT THE AUGUSTA VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS CENTER,
IT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE AND IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING VERY WELL WITH THE
SOFTWARE THAT WE ARE USING.[CALIGARI-SCULPT ANIMATE 4D-PRO VIDEO GOLD
AND ON AND ON] IT IS A GOOD INVESTMENT AND HAS NOT CAUSED ANY STRANGE
PROBLEMS SO FAR. HOWEVER YOU CAN NOT REVERT TO THE 68000 MODE AND
STILL USE THE HARD DISK FOR STORAGE.( SO BE SURE OF YOUR SOFTWARE
NEEDS OTHERWISE YOU MAY BE UPSET AT THIS ONE DISADVANTAGE...
GAMES AND SOME STUFF WILL NOT WORK AS THEY USED TO. BUT IF YOU ARE INTO
RAY TRACING AND GRAPHICS GENERATION IN GENERAL YOU WILL BE VERY
PLEASED... (JUST AN OPINION BUT BACKED BY SOME EXPERIENCE...GOOD LUCK!)
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3295.4 | Thanks | JGO::CHAPMAN | | Mon Jan 08 1990 13:35 | 7 |
| Thanks for the info.
Is there any way of knowing what software has trouble with a 030.
I assume most games do.
Colib
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3295.5 | Do-it-yourself 68882? | BOMBE::MOORE | Eat or be eaten | Tue Sep 18 1990 01:06 | 13 |
| OK all you GVP owners, I have a question for you...
I'm looking for a CPU upgrade for my 2000. I had pretty much decided
to go with an A2620, which seems to be available in the $700-$800
range. However, I see in the current issue of Amiga World that the
Creative Computers ad lists the GVP 030/28MHz/4 MB at $869. This seems
like a good deal to me. Their price for the same unit with a 68882
comes in at $1499! For the $$$, I think I can live without the floating
point processor for a while but I assume I'll want to add one eventually.
I see the 68882 chip (33 MHz) quoted at $350 in another ad, so my
question is whether the installation of the 68882 chip requires more
than a simple jumper change (e.g. new PALs?) which would have come from
GVP?
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3295.6 | call GVP to be sure... | WJG::GUINEAU | | Tue Sep 18 1990 02:42 | 5 |
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Not knowing for sure, Bruce, I'd say for an 882, you just pop it in and
fly (probably not even a jumper to mess with).
john
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3295.7 | | LODGE::LEN | David M. Len | Tue Sep 18 1990 03:19 | 5 |
| Good deals can be found on the A2630 also. I just bought a new 4-MB
A2630 for $1500 from Expert Services. It does include the '82 math
co-processor. Both CPU and math chip are at 25Mhz. While the GVP
might have a slight edge on cost/performance, I prefer to go with the
manufacturer when it seems reasonable to do so.
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3295.8 | Oh... Never mind. | BOMBE::MOORE | Eat or be eaten | Tue Sep 18 1990 21:22 | 9 |
| Well, as they say, if it sounds too good to be true...
I called Creative, they said it was a misprint. When he tried to look
up a correct price, it came back as "no longer available". So it would
appear that an 030 with 32-bit RAM can't be had for much less than
$1500. [sigh]
Oh well, he says they do have A2620's in stock for $699 and I'll
probably settle for one of those.
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3295.9 | Expert Svces?? | FSDEV4::JBERNARD | John Bernard 292-2591 YWO/E3 | Mon Sep 24 1990 19:26 | 2 |
| re: .7 Do you have an address/phone for Expert Services???
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3295.10 | Address of Expert Services | LODGE::LEN | David M. Len | Wed Sep 26 1990 00:40 | 26 |
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Expert Services
from the business card "Innovative Ideas for a Creative Computer"
5912 Centennial Circle
Florence, KY 41042
(606) 371-9690
The price I got of $1500 was during a computer show in Dayton, and I
did talk him down a little from what he initially wanted. But with a
low overhead mail order sale, I think you should be able to get that
price. The person I dealt with is Scott Bennett, his card lists him as
Owner/Partner. My initial impression is that he is very knowledgable
on the Amiga and a reasonable person to deal with. They also sell GVP
products, incase you wanted to check those prices also. I don't know
if mentioning my name would be of any help, but Scott should remember
who I am. He said I spent the most money with him and the Dayton
ComputerFest (I also bought ProDraw 2.0), and he sent a free Amiga
T-shirt.
So far I am very pleased with the performance of the A2630,
installation was no problem, and I consider myself a very satisfied
customer.
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3295.11 | | BOMBE::MOORE | Eat or be eaten | Fri Sep 28 1990 06:26 | 5 |
| Well, my A2620 board arrived, yea! But, there's absolutely *NO*
documentation with it. (I assume there should be something, right?)
My system refuses to run at all (blank screen, no screen color changes,
nothing) with this board plugged in. Have I missed some jumper setup,
or is my board DOA? *Bummer*
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3295.12 | | WHAMMY::SPODARYK | Elvis has just left the building! | Tue Oct 02 1990 20:32 | 5 |
| Did you find the problem? The "main" jumper settings are to set 2M/4M or to
set 80ns/100ns memory. I have my documentation around somewhere, if you still
need it.
Steve
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3295.13 | Anxiously awaiting replacement | BOMBE::MOORE | Eat or be eaten | Wed Oct 03 1990 00:01 | 4 |
| John Guineau provided me with enough information to convince myself
that the board was really dead. I sent it back for exchange/repair.
Thanks to all who offered assistance...
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3295.14 | A3001 vs A2630 | MQOFS::LECOMPTE | Hubert Lecompte | Wed Mar 13 1991 17:27 | 12 |
| Hi,
I am looking into buying an accelerator card for my A2000.
So far, my choice is between the GVP A3001 @28 Mhz or 33 Mhz or
the A2630.
Can anyone who have one of these boards please give me some help
to make a choice.
Thank You
Hubert.
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3295.15 | Maybe 6 months from now - - or 9 ?? | ULTRA::BURGESS | Boss* :== Sho org_chart/continuous | Wed Mar 13 1991 17:49 | 35 |
| re <<< Note 3295.14 by MQOFS::LECOMPTE "Hubert Lecompte" >>>
> -< A3001 vs A2630 >-
> Hi,
> I am looking into buying an accelerator card for my A2000.
> So far, my choice is between the GVP A3001 @28 Mhz or 33 Mhz or
> the A2630.
I can't help you directly with your question, though I've been
pondering the same upgrade myself - - these things usually take me
"QUITE A WHILE". Here's a couple of observations, FWIW, etc.
i) The 68040 boards are "rumored"; some rumors say they're
already in the hands of testers.
ii) Until fairly recently the GVP ad showed ROM sockets
where auto-boot ROMs could be replaced for future Unix. The ads no
longer point to those sockets with any claim re Unix, but the fine
print footnote still acknowledges that Unix is a Trademark of AT&T.
This seems a little odd, since the Unix word appears nowhere else in
the ad. My guess is that CBM Unix has been discovered to not run on
the GVP card, I have no data to support this guess, its pure
speculation.
iii) There are now some A3000 Unix packages - - are any
A2x00 packages planned ? Some folks hope so, you or I might not,
either way such a product could affect the street prices of
accelerator cards tomorrow {up or down according to the level of
compatibility and cost of migration paths}.
I think its worth waiting at least 3 months to see what
happens to the price of '030 cards..... and to enjoy the summer (-:
Reg
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3295.16 | I love the GVP | DECWET::DAVIS | Strength through Peace | Thu Mar 14 1991 00:39 | 16 |
| I have had my 28Mhz A3001 for about 3 months now and am extremely happy
with it. I haven't had any software incompatibilities, it can be
upgraded to 8mb memory unlike the A2630, and most of the "benchmarks"
rate it significantly faster than the A2630. UNIX may be an issue
although given the number of GVP accelerators out there I assume some
support will be available eventually. I WOULD like the boot options of
the A2630 but I installed a switch on the jumper that
GVP provides to disable the '030 and flick it when I want to play games.
(after powering down, to be safe)
If you do choose GVP I suggest you purchase the 33Mhz model because
with the latest revision of the accelerator, the 28Mhz model uses
different speed ram than the 33Mhz or 50Mhz boards. Upgrading to a
higher speed will probably entail trading in the slower board.
mark
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3295.17 | GVP boards run AmigaUnix | WBC::BAKER | Whatever happened to Fay Wray... | Thu Mar 14 1991 13:33 | 17 |
| re: Note 3295.15
ULTRA::BURGESS
> ii) Until fairly recently the GVP ad showed ROM sockets
>where auto-boot ROMs could be replaced for future Unix. The ads no
>longer point to those sockets with any claim re Unix, but the fine
>print footnote still acknowledges that Unix is a Trademark of AT&T.
>This seems a little odd, since the Unix word appears nowhere else in
>the ad. My guess is that CBM Unix has been discovered to not run on
>the GVP card, I have no data to support this guess, its pure
>speculation.
This is not the case. According to one of the GVP engineers
(to whom I spoke at a Commodore show), AmigaUnix has been
running on their accelerators.
~art
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