[geeks] cassablanca 68060

[Big Endian]

>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.

is a 68060 worth $910?  If it were in an Amiga, perhaps.  but this is 
*NOT* an amiga.  Its way too limited to do that kind of stuff.  I 
wouldn't do it.

daniel
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