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- From: Mike@Redrobe.demon.co.uk (Mike)
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- Subject: Re: Q: 680EC30? What does it mean? EC IS NOT ECONOMY!!!
- Date: 18 Mar 96 11:53:42 +0000
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- Hi, Lee Huggett , on 16-Mar-96 20:55:57 you scribbled....
- >> EConomy
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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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- well , if you have a decent scsi card and a laser printer, the cpus's in both
- those are probably faster than your computer ;)
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- >Lee
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- >****************************************
- >* Republico Presente CHANNEL NINE!!!! *
- >* Bueno Estente.. Butros Butros Ghali *
- >****************************************
- >Lee Huggett lee@burst.demon.co.uk
- > c9251123@zeus.hud.ac.uk
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- Mike
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