Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!rg20+ From: rg20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rick Francis Golembiewski) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: attitude Message-ID:Date: 10 Aug 89 20:31:48 GMT Organization: Class of '92, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 20 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. // Rick Golembiewski rg20+@andrew.cmu.edu \\ \\ #include stddisclaimer.h // \\ "I never respected a man who could spell" // \\ -M. Twain //