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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
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Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
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2227.0. "New GVP 68030 Board" by MTWAIN::MACDONALD (WA1OMM 7.093/145.05/223.58 AX.25) Fri Feb 10 1989 15:52

GVP is releasing their new 68030/8Meg/SCSI Controller card in 3 weeks.
They claim 20 MHz speed that can be configured for 30+ MHz. The 68030
also has an onboard SCSI controller and memory daughter board that
holds up to 8 Mbytes of 32-bit chippies.

Price - less than $1500. Can you believe it? Matter of fact, George in 
Tech Support at GVP was running one as he was talking to me!

GVP also plans to upgrade all A2620 owners who have GVP hardcards. GVP,
with permission from CBM, will be burning the new A2620 ROMs as early as
next week.
    
Cheers ... Paul
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2227.1:^)SMAUG::SPODARYKJefferson, I think we're lost.Fri Feb 10 1989 15:593
    I don't believe it.
    
    Steve (the skeptic)
2227.2MTWAIN::MACDONALDWA1OMM 7.093/145.05/223.58 AX.25Fri Feb 10 1989 16:344
    Personally, I find it hard to believe too. If I were setting prices,
    I'd mark it up higher than the 2620. Hecht, the 68030 cost a few
    hundred bucks - right? Of course their price might not include a
    coprocessor and memory.
2227.3ELWD2::PETERSFri Feb 10 1989 18:247
    
    	I have not seen a price, but I do know the card has a 
    coprocessor on it. I would assume the price is with 0 memory
    or a small amount of memory.
    
    	Steve 
    
2227.4Call a doctor. My eyesight's going.DIXIE1::MCDONALDSurly to bed, surly to rise...Mon Feb 13 1989 14:1310
    Wait, wait, wait... am I getting this right?
    
    This is a 68030 accelerator card expandable up to 8 meg (32 bit,
    of course) with a SCSI controller on it too?  Almost everything
    the semi-serious developer needs on ONE CARD?  For $1500.00
    
    Okay, what did I get wrong?  Where's the catch?
    
    
    					John
2227.5CBM Goof on 2620MTWAIN::MACDONALDWA1OMM 7.093/145.05/223.58 AX.25Wed Feb 15 1989 13:1428
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Path: decwrl!ucbvax!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!bpa!cbmvax!ditto
Subject: Re: GVP and A2620 - The GURU Bites
Posted: 14 Feb 89 06:31:40 GMT
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
 
In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Paul MacDonald - CUP/ML - 223-3439) writes:
> With the GVP in the rightmost 
>slot, and a Micron memory board to its left, holding the two mouse buttons 
>down at boot time (to display the 68000/68020/Unix Menu) causes a Guru.
 
I have just been told that this is a 2620 ROM bug which has been fixed
(as of yesterday) and a method of distribution is being discussed.
 
>So, GVP and CBM .. listening guys? When can I expect new roms to fix this 
>problem? Next week perhaps? I am assuming the error is a problem both in 
>the CBM roms and the GVP roms.
 
It is entirely in the 2620 ROMs; it's not due to the GVP board or firmware.
I'll post more info when it is determined how the fix will be distributed.
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2227.6?TLE::RMEYERSRandy MeyersWed Feb 15 1989 20:598
Re: .4

The Commodore 68020 card with 4 meg is covered with chips.  I wonder
how GVP gets 8 meg on there.  Strange memory chips?  Strange daughter
boards?  Funny cables out the back?

I assume that the quoted price is for a board with zero k.  A '020 or
'030 without 32 bit wide RAM is sort of only there.
2227.7WJG::GUINEAUThu Feb 16 1989 08:582
LSI or SMD maybe?
2227.8MTWAIN::MACDONALDWA1OMM 7.093/145.05/223.58 AX.25Thu Feb 16 1989 09:191
    The GVP uses a daughter board for the memory.