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From: sbw@naucse.UUCP (Steve Wampler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Opening the 3B1
Message-ID: <519@naucse.UUCP>
Date: 9 Dec 87 14:50:05 GMT
References: <7517@alice.UUCP>
Organization: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
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Summary: FPU for 3B1 - it ain't cheap!

In article <7517@alice.UUCP>, wilber@alice.UUCP writes:
> Also, I'd like to know if you really can add a 68881 FPU.  (I didn't think
> you could, but it looks like I was wrong, since AT&T seems to be selling
> 68881's for the 3B1.)
> 
> Bob Wilber    wilber@research.att.com

I tried to track the "Math CoProcessor" found in the 3B1 parts list about
6 months ago.  After about a dozen phone calls (with 2 cycles) I found
someone who gave me the list price: $2520.00.  Sigh.  If they were correct,
that's simply too much for poor folks like me to put into a system selling
for less than that! I wonder if CT markets an FPU?  I'd love to have one,
but heck, I can do without one at that price.

As an aside, NO one else had heard of the Math Coprocessor, so that price
may be for a FPU for the 3B2 line, and the MC68881 Math Coprocessor in the
parts list might just be vaporware.

Speaking of dreams - I just read that ATT was working on building a
version of its VISTA board for MAC's (rumor?).  Since that's also a
68000-line, I wonder if ATT would consider spinning a few boards off
for their own 3B1's?  I must be sleeping, 'cuz I sure am dreaming.