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- From: earthstar@magg.net (Greg Blanchard)
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- Subject: Re: Q: 680EC30? What does it mean?
- Date: 6 Mar 1996 11:47:19 -0500
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- >Maciej Gorny (gorny@elvis.rowan.edu) wrote:
- >: What does EC stand for?
-
- >It means that the chip does not have a fully functioning memory management
- >unit. Motorola thoroughly test their chips prior to shipping - any that fail
- >the MMU test but pass all others have the EC label attached to them. EC is
- >supposed to stand for "EConomy" by the way.
-
- Almost :) It stands for "Embedded Controller". This chip is meant for
- washing machines and microwave ovens or drive controllers.
-
- >The practical results of having an EC chip are that you cannot reliably run
- >any program which uses the MMU. Such programs includes virtual memory
- >systems, some softkicking programs, and debugging tools such as Enforcer.
-
- It is almost useless for so many things that one wonders why AmiTech even
- bothered. I recall the "vast" flame outburst when C= released the 030/4000.
-
- I'm afraid they'll rue the day!
-
- Greg
-