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- From: adap@edmund.cs.andrews.edu (Edsel Adap)
- Subject: Re: A1200 - 68020EC ??
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- References: <1992Dec11.171145.13055@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA> <1992Dec12.013813.21007@grebyn.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 03:54:26 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec12.013813.21007@grebyn.com> richk@grebyn.com (Richard Krehbiel) writes:
- >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.
- >
- >The 68020 never had an MMU. I think you're confusing with the
- >68EC030, which is a 68030 without an MMU.
- >
- >The only difference that's been explained is that it's limited to
- >addressing 16M of physical memory, just like the 68000 is. I also
- >know it's in a plastic surface-mount package, which is much cheaper to
- >manufacture, and easier to assemble than the 68020 in it's ceramic
- >PGA. Besides the reduction in address space, it may have a simplified
- >bus interface as well, but now I'm just speculating.
- >--
- >Richard Krehbiel richk@grebyn.com
- >OS/2 2.0 will do for me until AmigaDOS for the 386 comes along...
-
- OK, I did my homework and found out that I was wrong. And I was indeed
- confused with the 68EC030. :)
-
- I apologize for the misinformation.
-
- Edsel
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