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- From: emwhkj@emw.ericsson.se (Henrik Johnsson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k,alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.homedesigned
- Subject: Re: Successor to 68901 ?
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- Date: 3 Jan 1996 10:12:03 GMT
- Organization: Ericsson Microwave Systems AB
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- jan-derk bakker (bakker@morra.et.tudelft.nl) wrote:
- > Hello all,
-
- > I'm building a mc68020 based board, and I was wondering if there is a
- > replacement for the 68901 MFP, as Motorola isn't making these anymore.
- > I know, for the integration I could just use a 683xx chip, but the code I
- > want to run on the board *really* needs some 020-specific features
- > such as the ISP. As this board might (fingers crossed) go into production
- > one day, I feel uneasy using a part that Mot doesn't produce anymore.
-
- Well, you might check with Philips/Signetics. The '901 was a Mostek design
- initially IIRC, and Mostek was bought by Philips. I've had Philips pull a
- few chips from under me, leading to major redesigns, but I think this one
- might be around for a while.
-
- /Henrik
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