[geeks] cassablanca 68060

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 03:47:57PM -0500, Big Endian wrote:
> >I saw an interesting machine on ebay called a casablanca with 32megs ram, 
> >18
> >gigs HD and a 68060.  Anyone ever hear of these?  Are they 
> >hackable/modifiable?
> >
> >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1332466738
> 
> Umm... Sarah uses the Casablanca AVIOs at work and they are 233 
> pentium mmxes w/ a single DIMM and LOTS of dedicated, custom hardware 
> for video I/O.  The AVIO is ATA66, this SEEMS to be scsi, not sure 
> how fast.  OS for these comes on smart media (This unit seems to use 
> floppies).  The HDD is for both A/V storage AND swap space so if you 
> fill the disk it will "clog" the editor.  All in all I'd *MUCH* 
> rather use IMOVIE as it is actually truely nonlinear.  Its more 
> limiting than useful and you'll outgrow it quickly.

Yeah, but this is a 68060.  You just don't see many of them, except as amiga
upgrades, and in the latest AlphaMicros.

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Joshua D. Boyd