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- From: joeles@cup.portal.com (Joel Edward Swan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A1200 - 68020EC ??
- Message-ID: <71547@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 00:27:31 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <1992Dec11.093004.10703@walter.cray.com>
- <1992Dec11.171839.19371@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- <Bz47Fr.75M@news.cs.andrews.edu>
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- >In article <1992Dec11.171839.19371@hubcap.clemson.edu> charlet@hubcap.clemson.
- e
- >du (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 The 68020 is getting outdated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...
- +
- >
- >Yes, I think you are mistaken. However I can also be equally mistaken. But
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Why do people make these statements in an answer to a question they know
- someone else can answer with certainty and knowledge?
-
- >the 68EC020 and the 68020 have the same number of address lines that is they
- >both have 24 bit address lines.
- >
- >What makes a 68EC020 different from the 68020 is the absence of the MMU in
- >the 68EC020.
-
- Bzzzzt. You're wrong, he's right. :-) Really, if you're not TOTALLY sure,
- don't spread misinformation. Let someone else speak the truth.
-
- >
- >Edsel
- >--
- >______________________________________________________________________________
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- >_
- >| Procrastination is my sin | Edsel Adap
- >| It brings me naught but sorrow | Computer Science / Mathematics Major
- >| I know that I should stop it | Andrews University
- >| In fact I will -- Tomorrow! |
- >| -Gloria Pitzer| adap@cs.andrews.edu
- >------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- >-
-
- -Joel
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