Mac IIfx vs. Amiga 3000 vs. Atari Falcon/TT030

[Eudimorphodon]

Did they ever produce a working PDS accelerator for the IIfx? (Link?) They sold what were essentially "clock-chipping" kits for getting the 68030 up into the low 50-ish mhz but I was under the impression that to do any better you were stuck with the Rocket.

 

[krebizfan]

I thought the Tokamac was plugged into the IIfx PDS slot which provided a 68040 at 33 MHz.

 

[Unknown_K]

Tokamac IIfx

 

[vwestlife]

True, but have any of these machines reached that point? Some will say that running OS4.x on an A3000 is at that point. But, I disagree. The whole machine is still working as designed, except for the main CPU.

Or running Windows 7 on an Amiga 2000, by using a Pentium 4 single-board computer ISA card:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4UyA8qq4E0

 

[KC9UDX]

It's just not the same unless it's a Bridgeboard. I ran Windows 98 on my A2000 with a '486 bridgeboard, but couldn't figure out why I bothered...

 

[Caluser2000]

It's just not the same unless it's a Bridgeboard. I ran Windows 98 on my A2000 with a '486 bridgeboard, but couldn't figure out why I bothered...

I'm sure you weren't the only one considering a suitable win98 box was probably cheap as chips.

 

[Unknown_K]

Bridgeboards are a cheap way to get Ethernet (isa card) into an Amiga.

 

[KC9UDX]

I'm sure you weren't the only one considering a suitable win98 box was probably cheap as chips.

But I didn't want win98 or especially a machine designed to run it!

Bridgeboards are a cheap way to get Ethernet (isa card) into an Amiga.

If you're lucky and can get it to work! I had a real hard time doing that and in the end it wasn't any faster than a serial connection.

 

[Caluser2000]

But I didn't want win98 or especially a machine designed to run it!

Hell, well why did you bother trying then? lol Subjecting yourself to soooo much pain and suffering.

 

[KC9UDX]

Hell, well why did you bother trying then? lol Subjecting yourself to soooo much pain and suffering.

I don't remember. Probably just to see if it could be done. That was a long time ago! '98 was still current.

 

[Caluser2000]

Sounds like it was quite a traumatic experience. Trying to get x86 stuff running on such a cutting edge system and such.

Just been trying a software PC Emulator on my Acorn A4000. MDA/CGA/EGA support. Quite interesting. I'm going to make some boot disks up on my 286 with a few EGA games for the hell of it and see what works. Right tool for the right job and all that

 

[tipc]

The IIfx had a PDS slot and there are 040 processor upgrades for it (rare and the MB needed work to fix an Apple DMA bug). You also have Radius Rockets for Nubus machines (68040 25/33/40mhz with built in RAM slots).

so therefore you couldn't just plug a 40mhz '030 into the empty socket of a IIx or IIcx I take it.

 

[Unknown_K]

so therefore you couldn't just plug a 40mhz '030 into the empty socket of a IIx or IIcx I take it.

Sure you could, and it would run at the same speed of a stock system.

 

[KC9UDX]

Sounds like it was quite a traumatic experience. Trying to get x86 stuff running on such a cutting edge system and such.

I think you misunderstand. It wasn't difficult, just pointless. x86 and Windows in general, no matter how it's done, is always a let-down.