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- From: gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (George Noel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: GREAT NEWS!!!!!
- Date: 16 Jan 1996 10:52:00 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Sender: gnoel@plato.ucs.mun.ca
- Message-ID: <4dg00g$an1@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
- References: <4d5kv4$fi5@leporello.cs.unibo.it> <4d8oqp$tp4@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> <4d9icd$cab@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> <4de94b$du6@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
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- Summary: CPUs
- Keywords: Huh?
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- In article <4de94b$du6@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>,
- Byron Montgomerie <bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> wrote:
- >George Noel (gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca) wrote:
- >: It was my understanding that the A1200+ was just a reorganizing of the
- >: A1200 motherboard and that the 68040 was not pin for pin compatible with
- >: the processor slot
-
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- |
- >Huh? The belly slot is the cpu slot. If you are talking about the pads under
- >the cpu then yes you are correct. The ec020 only allows for 24 bit addressing
- >whereas real cpus allow for 32 bit addressing. Not sure what varieties of
- >040s are around.
- >
- >: A1200 motherboard can use 68030 variations but would need more power and
- >: a different pinout to use the 68040. On the other hand if they indeed
- >: did change the motherboard enough to use a 68040, wouldn't that also mean
- >: you could use a 68060 or would there be space limitations?
- >
- >Actually, the 060 uses less power than the 040 and there are already 060 cards
- >out there for the a1200.
-
- Where to? Which brand names? How much? Last I heard they were either out
- for or soon be out for the A4000, 3000, 2000 and they are working on one
- for the A1200 not out yet, where did you see one that is already out and
- advertised?
-
- -=*George*=-
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