Re: Accessing > 256MB RAM on O2

On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, John Klos wrote:

>>> 	Is there any sense in providing a slightly more MI interface for
>>> 	this? I'm thinking about some of the other ports which have
>>> 	some fast RAM and some much slower like atari and amiga, and
>>> 	maybe even x86 boxes used as servers which sometimes end up
>>> 	with large RAM (512M) video cards... :)
>>
>> 	Actually... continuing on the 'not entirely practical' route...
>> 	You can pick up 256MB PCI graphics cards for under ?30 nowdays.
>> 	http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290295456878
>> 	Given how expensive RAM is for some (non x86) systems, it could
>> 	almost be worth it to use them as fast swap... (I *said* it was
>> 	 'not entirely practical' :)
>
> I agree wholeheartedly. The 16 megs of "fast memory" on the motherboard of an 
> Amiga 4000 would definitely fit into this category, and since a one gigabyte, 
> 16 lane PCIe card is less than $100 USD, I could see this go beyond "not 
> entirely practical" to an excellent, high performance swap space.
>
> Now... which company is building PCIe expansion boards for the Amiga? (ha ha 
> ha)

 	Well, if you stick to *PCI* rather than PCIe, EURO 120 for the
 	4 slot Prometheus board, and then the challenge would be to
 	drive four 256M PCI graphics cards...
 	http://www.vwshop.it/?pci-expansions,8

 	(Class A drugs optional :)

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