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- From: astroboy@netspace.net.au (Paul Dossett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
- Date: 11 Mar 1996 10:56:44 GMT
- Organization: NetSpace Online Systems
- Message-ID: <1062.6644T1114T1508@netspace.net.au>
- References: <9603060924.AA00108@ancient.demon.co.uk> <DnwA2r.81n@cix.compulink.co.uk>
- <826276820.14613@hchworth.demon.co.uk> <4hu0b5$ouj@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
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- George Noel (gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca) said:
- >In article <826276820.14613@hchworth.demon.co.uk>, Paul Chan <paul> wrote:
- >>jralph@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Jolyon Ralph") wrote:
- >>>> I guess I could live with an EC if I could pop the pathetic effort out
- >>>> at any time and replace it with a proper processor - without the need
- >>>> for a third-party card.
- >>>
- >>>No doubt if they're so worried about the extra cost of a MMU 030 over the
- >>>EC030, they'll also have saved the 'unnecessary' cost of the CPU socket
- >>>and surface-mount the EC030 onto the motherboard (as they did with the
- >>>4K030)
-
- >NO! They have to make it socketed so users can just pop the CPU out and
- >replace it with a 68040 or 68060.
-
- Why would they do this? It's impossible to simply swap CPU chips. They're
- pin-incompatible and need different support hardware.
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