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- From: adap@edmund.cs.andrews.edu (Edsel Adap)
- Subject: Re: A1200 - 68020EC ??
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- Keywords: A1200 68020EC 68EC020
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- References: <1992Dec11.093004.10703@walter.cray.com> <1992Dec11.171839.19371@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 21:52:39 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec11.171839.19371@hubcap.clemson.edu> charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV) writes:
- >walterb@sequoia.cray.com (Walter Boese Jr.) writes:
- >
- >
- >>What does the 'EC' in 68020 mean foe the Amiga A1200.
- >>How can you economize (sp) a chip that is pretty basic to begin with?
- >>What great features can you remove?
- >>And if they did remove something, WHY? The 68020 is getting outdated
- >>already, why degrade more than its age already has?
- >
- >24 address lines, so they put the chip in a cheaper case. Therefore, you
- >can't address as much memory as a full '020. Else, it's pretty much the same
- >beast.
- >
- >(Correct me if I'm wrong on this ... :) )
- >
- >--
- >+ Rick __ + EMAIL:charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu + //\ + /|\ It's +
- >| /aylor | IRC : Tomalek / The Romulan | \X/--\miga 500 | J rainy |
- >+-------------+----------------------------------+----------------+----------+
- >+ "Every Girl Already Has A Boyfriend" --- Murphy's Law Of Dating... +
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- Yes, I think you are mistaken. However I can also be equally mistaken. But
- the 68EC020 and the 68020 have the same number of address lines that is they
- both have 24 bit address lines.
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- What makes a 68EC020 different from the 68020 is the absence of the MMU in
- the 68EC020.
-
- Edsel
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