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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: 030 with no Fast RAM slower than a 020?
- Date: 25 Jan 1996 21:16:33 +0100
- Organization: dis-
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- gcaine@cycor.ca (gcaine) writes:
-
- >>I thougth that the main reason why ChipRAM is slower than FastRAM is because
- >>ChipRAM is clocked in 7.14 MHz and your precios FastRAM is clock in whatever
- >>your CPU is (ie 25 MHz)
-
- >I thought it was because you don't have to share the bus with the
- >custom chips.
-
- It's both. First you have a >= 560ns cycle for ChipRAM vs. something
- like a <= 200ns cycle for FastRAM. Then you might be slowed down
- further by custom chip activity.
-
- Regards,
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- Michael van Elst
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