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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!dkuug!aud.dk!wartburg!d505i
- From: d505i@wartburg.auc.dk (Christian Hoj)
- Subject: Re: A1200 - 68020EC ??
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.181333.8814@vaxc.aud.auc.dk>
- Sender: news@vaxc.aud.auc.dk (USENET News System)
- Reply-To: d505i@wartburg.auc.dk
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- References: <1992Dec11.171145.13055@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:13:33 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- In article 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.
- >
- > >How can you economize (sp) a chip that is pretty basic to begin with?
- >
- > Take out the MMU.
- >
- > >What great features can you remove?
- >
- > The MMU?
- >
- > >And if they did remove something, WHY? The 68020 is getting outdated
- > >already, why degrade more than its age already has?
- >
- > 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 :).
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- You keep on mentioning the MMU, but THERE IS NO MMU IN A 020!!!!
- The MMU was first in the 030.
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- Christian Hoj
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