| From: | Lewis Brunton |
| Date: | 19 Oct 2000 at 15:27:00 |
| Subject: | Re: Upgrade Dilemma |
Hi Nick,
Nick
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>I'm not sure about the CSII, but I know the Apollo's and Cyberstorm
>Mk. III's need the INT2 fix, which I want someone else to do for me,
>properly. (Unlike me ;) I also know the Apollo 4060 after reading
>some literature on the subject needs a wire ran from what I make out
>to be the A3000's SCSI chip to the Kickstart ROM. It wasn't made
>clear if it was the Apollo's SCSI chip or A3000's chip. Anyway!
>Does the Cyberstorm II need any patches/rewiring in the A3000 at all
>without the SCSI controller (that won't work in an A3000 anyway!)?
>Is £250 about the right price to pay for an 060/50 card for the
>A3000?
>I can't afford a new one (At £490 or whatever it is now, when the
>card's production restart, the CS Mk. III, that's *way* too much, I'd
>frankly buy a PC like I say) so it has to be second hand or
>refurbished.
>From what I know the Apollo's scsi implementation is crap, so if you are
after scsi then forget the Apollo. On the other hand if you are after a fast
060 card then you can't beat an Apollo with oxypatcher. Partly because the
Apollo is generally a faster board, but also because oxypatcher is better
than cyberpatcher. Of course the other thing is that Apollo's are easier to
overclock.
I've had a serious think about this and I would probably go for the Apollo.
I know they can be just as picky when it comes to simms as Phase5 stuff, and
they may be flimsier but they tend to be less picky when it comes to
software.
Good luck!!!
Regards
Lewis
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