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Karlos · 16 December 2022, 20:45

In 1995 I was all poised to get the Blizzard Mk IV 50MHz. And just as I was about to, the Apollo 1240 came out. I took the bait. It was a very first revision (the EEPROM was socketed) and had a lot of issues. A lot of stuff ended up in chip ram that should've been relocated to fast, slowing the performance. But it was still breathtaking compared to stock. In a couple of months I had patches that fixed all those early relocation issues, had installed 040 math libraries and the system was a joy to use. It did get temperamental in the end.
I should've gone 060 after that but ended up on BlizzPPC with the same spec 68040.

The only other upgrade that delivered anything like the same productivity boost was the BVision. After years of an autoscrolling 16 colour interlaced WB (with magic TV), switching to a 19 inch CRT with up to 1600x1200@75Hz was amazing.

16 December 2022, 20:45	#19
Karlos Alien Bleed Join Date: Aug 2022 Location: UK Posts: 4,165	In 1995 I was all poised to get the Blizzard Mk IV 50MHz. And just as I was about to, the Apollo 1240 came out. I took the bait. It was a very first revision (the EEPROM was socketed) and had a lot of issues. A lot of stuff ended up in chip ram that should've been relocated to fast, slowing the performance. But it was still breathtaking compared to stock. In a couple of months I had patches that fixed all those early relocation issues, had installed 040 math libraries and the system was a joy to use. It did get temperamental in the end. I should've gone 060 after that but ended up on BlizzPPC with the same spec 68040. The only other upgrade that delivered anything like the same productivity boost was the BVision. After years of an autoscrolling 16 colour interlaced WB (with magic TV), switching to a 19 inch CRT with up to 1600x1200@75Hz was amazing.