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<td colspan="5" align="center" bgcolor="#FF0000"><font face="Arial" size="6"><strong>PowerPC 603e+/040/240</strong></font></td>
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<td width="50%" valign="middle" align="center"><p align="center"><font size="3" color="#FF0000" face="Arial"><b>Compatibility</b></font><br>
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<td width="50%" valign="middle" align="center"><p align="center"><font size="3" color="#FF0000" face="Arial"><b>Requirements</b></font><br>
<align="center"><font size="0" color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial"><b>Amiga 1200.</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="3" color="#FF0000" face="Arial"><b>Price</b></font><br>
<align="center"><font size="+3" color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial"><b>£429.00</b></font></p>
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With this innovative and powerful new accelerator a
new dimension of performance is brought to the
Amiga 1200, with performance increases of multiple
times beyond the performance of the fastest 68k
based accelerators available today, for a
sensationally low price that is perfectly targeted at
the A1200 upgrade market.
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Primarily being designed as an upgrade board for
existing Amiga systems, the BLIZZARD 603e+
Power Board incorporates phase 5's innovative
dual-processor technology, where a fast PowerPC
RISC processor is combined with a 68k processor.
In the case of the BLIZZARD 603e Power Board, a
choice of 68040-25 or 68060-50 CPU. The CPUs
dynamically share the memory and system busses,
which is necessary for a true multiprocessor
behaviour. While the original AmigaOS 3.x
continues to run on the 68K CPU (as well as all
existing applications) providing 100% compatibility -
the PowerPC 603e CPU is supported by a
comprehensive PPC Library developed by phase 5,
which provides all functionality to integrate the
PowerPC into the Amiga multitasking environment.
Software developers can easily optimise their
programs step by step by porting single tasks to
PowerPC code, which then can run parallel with
68k tasks. Many important Amiga software vendors
are preparing ported or optimised versions of their
software packages already, so it is expected that a
large quantity of software products supporting the
PowerPC will be available soon.
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This BLIZZARD 603e+ Power Board is available
with the fast PowerPC603e processor at a clock
speed of 240MHz. Also on the board is a 68040
processor at a clock speed of 25mhz. Also provided
is a fast memory expansion option which uses
standard PS/2 type SIMMs. The memory is
dynamically shared by the two CPUs on the
BLIZZARD 603e Power Board. A fast SCSI-II
interface is available on the 603e+ Power Boards
allowing you to connect upto seven SCSI devices.
Having a SCSI controller on the accelerator
dispenses with the need for a slow Squirrel or a
Zorro based SCSI card.
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A maximum of 128 megabytes of memory can be
fitted to the two SIMM sockets.
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With it's fast 603e processor the BLIZZARD 603e
Power Board provides blistering performance that
can compete with most of the fastest PC systems
available today. With this performance the
BLIZZARD 603e Power Board is ready for the most
demanding applications such as 3D rendering and
high-speed 3D gameplaying, image manipulation,
animation, video applications, and many other
demanding applications that depend on fast CPU
performance.
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A standard Amiga A1200 runs at a speed of around
1 million instructions per second. The 68040 in the
Power Board is capable of close to 18 MIPS, while
the 240mhz 603e processor is running at 338 MIPS.
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