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From: rg20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rick Francis Golembiewski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: attitude
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Date: 10 Aug 89 20:31:48 GMT
Organization: Class of '92, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Yes a 68010 will give you some (very slight, about 5%) improvement, and
can be directly inserted into the 68000's socket.  However, there might
be some software which doesn't like the 68010, because 1 instruction is
different, however there is a public domain program (decigel) to deal
with these programs.  If you want to get more speed out of a 500 you
have a few options, for about $150 you can get a processor accelerator
(Creative micro systems I think was the company) which gives you a
16Mhz 68000 (say 20-40% speed up from what I've heard) and a socket for
a 68881 math co-processor.  Then if you are willing to spend more $$$
you can get a 68020 board (there are a few companies that make them,
CSA and Ronnin come to mind), which will give you more speed, but you
will need 32 bit memory (which will cost lots of $$$) before you really
see the best imporvement.  A 68020 board will cost somewhere around $500,
and the 32 bit memory board will cost about $1000 with memory.  All in all
if you want a 68020 amiga, then it's probabily worth getting a 2500
to get the Hard drive and expansion slots.  Good luck.
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