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- From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: New hardware reference guide?
- Message-ID: <38160@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 19:34:11 GMT
- References: <38026@cbmvax.commodore.com> <paulk.2vmy@terapin.com>
- Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
- Lines: 36
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- paulk@terapin.com (Paul Kienitz) writes:
- >> What 25Mhz AGA chip? AGA still runs at 14Mhz.
- >
- >Great. I heard from about 29000 people that the ones in the 4000 ran
- >at 25 mHz, and told 29000 more people this "fact" ...
-
- The A4000 does (the '040 is 25Mhz). The Chip memory bus is 14Mhz
- (but it double-CASes, unlike ECS).
-
- >> Alice only has 16 data pins, if you noticed.
- >
- >Then where's the 32 bit bus at?
-
- At Lisa and the ram. Alice can only use it in 16-bit mode, because
- Alice is a slightly modified Agnus.
-
- >On the other hand, this is good news because it means it can be
- >attached to the A3000's existing chip memory! (?)
-
- Nope.
-
- >Someone once told me that C= has a lower R&D budget *for its size* than its
- >competitors do. If that's true you guys have done amazing amounts with no
- >resources but sheer human talent, but DAMN it sure would have helped to put
- >more into the effort and get it done sooner.
-
- In $ R&D per $ revenue, Commodore is I think pretty far down there.
- (I don't have a report handy.) I think 1/4, maybe even far lower, compared
- to Apple.
-
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- Randell Jesup, Jack-of-quite-a-few-trades, Commodore Engineering.
- {uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!jesup, jesup@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com BIX: rjesup
- Disclaimer: Nothing I say is anything other than my personal opinion.
-