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- From: eraugust@igate1.hac.com (Eric R. Augustine)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Q: 680EC30? What does it mean?
- Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1996 13:40:04 -0800
- Organization: HAC
- Message-ID: <eraugust-0603961340040001@sbdsk0838.sbrc.hac.com>
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- In article <313CF5D1.446B@elvis.rowan.edu>, Maciej Gorny
- <gorny@elvis.rowan.edu> wrote:
-
- > What does EC stand for? does it mean it is lacking a math coprocesor,
- > and if so, will I be able to just buy one and add it to the board? I
- > would like to hope so,...
- >
- > -- maciej
-
- There are a few other differences in the EC030. I believe the material
- it is housed in is cheaper as well as it may be missing the mmu. The
- 030 is by standard lacking a math coprocessor as that set is in the
- 68882. Depending on the machine you are talking about - you cannot
- just toss it on the board. Many of the chips on the board may be
- unable to work with the 030 - and in the case of the 3000 - the 030 is
- mounted directly to the board - no socket. (Of course - with the 3000
- you wouldn't need another 030 - and you would want to avoid the EC version
- anyways)
-
- I forget what the 'EC' actually stands for - but in most cases anyways,
- this is not merely a plug and run option.
-
- .trog--
-