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- From: jodyf@earthlight.co.nz (Jody Fanning)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Q: 680EC30? What does it mean? EC IS NOT ECONOMY!!!
- Date: 19 Mar 1996 01:43:03 GMT
- Organization: Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand
- Message-ID: <1012.6652T882T856@earthlight.co.nz>
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- In <857.6649T550T597@burst.demon.co.uk> Lee Huggett did say:
- >> EConomy
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- >> ---
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- >> NO NO. I hear this 100 times.
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- >> EC stands for Embedded Controller, which was the original indended
- >> applicati this line of chips. It does not mean "EConomy" this is just a
- >> coincidence. It would not make much sense to sell chips called "Economy
- >> 68030" or "68030 they're not trying to make the chips sound cheap, it has a
- >> more technical me
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- >Yup, 'sright...
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- >I think the embedded controlers used (or maybe still do) to go in washing
- >machines...
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- >This might be one of those pesky urban legends tho...
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- >imagine still owning a A500 and your washing machine having a more powerful
- >processor :-)
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- It probably will. The next generation washing machines to be built here are
- supposed to use a PowerPC chip.
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