Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!cbatt!neoucom!wtm From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: 68010 W/1.5MEG INTERNAL - WILL IT WORK? Message-ID: <340@neoucom.UUCP> Date: Sat, 20-Dec-86 23:22:39 EST Article-I.D.: neoucom.340 Posted: Sat Dec 20 23:22:39 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Dec-86 03:56:59 EST References: <877@ulowell.UUCP> Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Lines: 36 Summary: 68010, yes. 1.5meg internal, maybe. Hi, Yes, the 68010 will work with Workbnech 1.1 and 1.2 software 95% or greater of the time. It seems like most of the commercial writers have avoided things to work differently a-la 68010. Don't expect amazing things to happen when you throw in (or buy it with it already thrown .. er.. plugged in) a 68010. In my case, I saw about a 10 to 15% gain in speed (yawn). Of course, that is what I expected. Alas, there is one thing that I know for sure does break when you have a 68010-- Transformer to name names. We all know that transformer is s-l-o-w, but I do have times when it is useful since I don't have a pee-cee at home, so I ditched my 68010 until the (hopefully affordable) sidecar shows up around here. As far as the 1.5 meg internal memory goes, it may or may not be useful. I'll bet that it doesn't follow the "Zoro" standard, and thus will require a special driver in order to be recognized by the operating system. Make sure you ask them if the memory can autoconfigure, and if it can't if they provide the necessary software to make it useful to the operating system. That aside, the price you mention seems at least reasonable. --Bill Bill Mayhew Division of Basic Medical Sciences Northeastern Ohio Universities' College of Medicine Rootstown, OH 44272 USA phone: 216-325-2511 (wtm@neoucom.UUCP ...!cbatt!neoucom!wtm) m As far as tgh