A3000UX: 16 vs 25 MHz version, Power-Up questions.

[Dave Haynie]

In article <jac.676572039 at sundance> jac at gandalf.llnl.gov (James A. Crotinger) writes:

>  I have some questions concerning A3000's and the future '040
>accelerator boards for them. If I buy a 16 MHz A3000 and add an '040
>board to it, will the resulting machine be as fast as a 25 MHz A3000
>with the same board in it? (Aside from the obvious difference if you
>use the '030 as a coprocessor.) The bus runs at the same speed in both
>machines, right? Any other differences?

It can be.  If the '040 coprocessor card is designed to do so, it can source
the clocks for the A3000's motherboard and expansion bus.  Which, aside from
'030 coprocessor issues, will result in the same system you would get with
an A3000 that comes with 25MHz motherboard clocks.


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