Subject: Re: Fastest NetBSD 68k computer?
To: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
From: None <nigel@ind.tansu.com.au>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/25/1998 11:15:38
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> It kinda depends on what you mean by "fully", but the Quadra 840AV was the
> fastest 68k Macintosh made (a 40MHz '040) and it can use DMA (although we
> only support DMA for ethernet at the moment...SCSI is in progress I
> think).
>
> So, that would probably be the way to go if you want to pay that much for
> one (they're still relatively expensive...around $600 US from
> refurbishers, I think).
840av _motherboards_ (refurfished) are available for $299 from:
http://www.shrevesystems.com/hotspecial.html
though I have heard mixed reports about that company's reputation.
There are also a few 840avs being auctioned at eBay:
http://iguana.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6877236
http://iguana.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6664676
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