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- From: fheitkamp@desire.wright.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A1200 - 68020EC ??
- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.102111.6193@desire.wright.edu>
- Date: 12 Dec 92 10:21:11 EST
- References: <1992Dec11.171145.13055@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA>
- Organization: Wright State University
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- In article <1992Dec11.171145.13055@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA>, tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Tim Ciceran) writes:
- > In article <1992Dec11.093004.10703@walter.cray.com> walterb@sequoia.cray.com
- > (Walter Boese Jr.) writes:
- >
- >>What does the 'EC' in 68020 mean for the Amiga A1200.
- >
- > No MMU.
-
- "EC" stands for "Embedded Controller" if I understand correctly
-
-
- >>How can you economize (sp) a chip that is pretty basic to begin with?
- >
- > Take out the MMU.
-
- The '020 never had an MMU to begin with. It had a sepparate
- MMU chip available though.
- >
- >>What great features can you remove?
- >
- > The MMU?
-
- You can't remove something that wasn't there in the first place.
-
- >
- >>And if they did remove something, WHY? The 68020 is getting outdated
- >>already, why degrade more than its age already has?
- >
-
- I think the '020 is fine chip. It was way ahead of its time
- when it was introduced and is still widely used in industrial
- applications.
-
- > Expense. The EC020 is quite suitable for an entry-level machine and
- > most people will not be inclined to run Unix or virtual memory on
- > such a machine. The alternative is another 68000. Don't give them any
- > ideas :).
- >
- Fred Heitkamp, ** Not an organization. My opinions only **
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