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- From: nau@struppi.medizin.uni-ulm.de (Thomas Nau)
- Subject: Re: CPU/FPU wiring
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.065904.29670@wega.rz.uni-ulm.de>
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- Organization: University of Ulm, Departement of Anaesthesia
- References: <1993Jan6.165832.18756@schbbs.mot.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 06:59:04 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan6.165832.18756@schbbs.mot.com>, TMKT76@waccvm.corp.mot.com (Daniel Fusils) writes:
- |> >I'm interested to wire a system, which will be put to
- |> >68000 socket. It should contain a 68882 at 24mzh and
- |> >a 68010 with half that speed (My memory is 16bit thats
- |> >why 68010). System should have a 68851 MMU too.
- |>
- |> I don't think putting a 68851 with a 68010 is a good idea, since the
- |> protocole exchanged between a 68020 and the '851 is microcoded.
- |> Same comments for 68882. Even if you want to stick with a 16 bit memory,
- |> why don't you put together an '020 + '881 (or '882) + '851 (connected
- |> in 32 bit mode) and your 16 bit mem using the dynamic bus sizing
- |> mechanism?
- |> This stuff is pretty well described in the appnote AN944/D (consult
- |> your closest Mot rep).
- |>
- |> >The problem is to find out enough technical info, so
- |> >I can make approiate logic to split that FPU on a
- |> >16bit bus and make it work with 7mzh mother board
- |> >asynchronously
- |>
- |> This is pretty well described in the appnote AN947/D (consult
- |> your closest Mot rep).
-
- Why use a 68020 + MMU +FPU if you can simplify your design by using a
- 68030 + FPU ? We did it for an Atari accelerator board (68030-25 with 68882-33)
- and it works fine.
-
- Thomas
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- Thomas Nau (nau@medizin.uni-ulm.de)
- Departement of Anaesthesia, University of Ulm, Germany
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