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- From: ccw@prefect.cc.bellcore.com (wood,christopher)
- Subject: Re: PowePC Chip emulation, Why 68020??
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 20:34:05 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.203405.13253@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- References: <1992Dec16.073119.1376@galaxy.gov.bc.ca> <zkessin.724522396@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>
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- In article <zkessin.724522396@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> zkessin@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Zach, the Lego Maniac) writes:
- >cconstantine@galaxy.gov.bc.ca writes:
- >
- >>Does anyone out there know why Apple chose to emulate a M68020 for its' PowerPC
- >>chip for software compatability instead of at lease a 68030 which can do
- >>virtula Memory and was the most stable chip (as far as software compatability
- >>went) of the bunch????
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- >Prob. because a 68020 can do virtual with a 68851 chip, which will
- >prob. also be emulated. as will the coprossor. Plus the mac's memory
- >will have to go threw the rs6000 memory manger.
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- >Zach
- >zkessin@cs.brandeis.edu
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- Close...
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- My guess is that the software emulation of the 68020 will rely on
- the power PC virtual memory _hardware_. The hardware will be faster
- than software trying to emulate hardware....
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- Chris
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- Chris Wood Bellcore ...!bellcore!prefect!ccw
- or ccw@prefect.cc.bellcore.com
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