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- From: guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
- Subject: Re: 960 XA/MX Questions
- Message-ID: <16301@auspex-gw.auspex.com>
- Date: 9 Jan 93 01:33:51 GMT
- References: <1993Jan8.053615.22689@labtam.labtam.oz.au> <1993Jan08.173711.14431@donau.et.tudelft.nl> <1993Jan8.215944.10065@gandalf.ca>
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- >The 960KB has floating point and can be found in a laser printer near you.
- >In the K series (KA,KB,MC) at least, all the processors were the same die.
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- As was, allegedly, the "extended architecture" version used in the BiiN
- machines.
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- >As for what the MX/XA has that the CA doesn't, the MX has a hexagonal die
- >(looks nicer on a keychain) and an extra couple of zeroes in the price.
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- Does it not also have an MMU that at least supports the "protected
- architecture" and perhaps the "extended architecture" (56-bit segmented
- address space, capabilities, blah blah blah) version of the 960
- architecture?
-