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- From: jrg@punch (James R. Goble)
- Subject: Re: Mobius Speedster '040
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.195120.26368@speedy.aero.org>
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- Organization: The Aerospace Corporation; El Segundo, CA
- References: <1993Jan9.205255.20683@lclark.edu>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 19:51:20 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan9.205255.20683@lclark.edu> hulsej@lclark.edu (Jose
- Hulse) writes:
- > What's all this jazz about an '040 accelerator being offered
- with/without
- > FPU? I thought that the '040 processor had the FPU built in... am I on
- > drugs or what?
- >
- > BTW, I guess Mac's Place just dropped its prices CONSIDERABLY on Daystar
- > Powercaches (all '030 based). Someone else posted a price of around
- $900
- > for the 50 Mhz version w/FPU! In fact I don't even know if the 33 Mhz
- > version is still being sold.
- >
- > Thanks for any enlightenment!
- > -Jose'
- > --
- > _______________________________________________
- > Jose' Hulse hulsej@lclark.edu | "Super colossal lights and display
- contest!?
- > ....find the true meaning of Christmas--win money,money, money!? Aargh!
- My
- > own dog, gone commercial!" --Charlie Brown, _A Charlie Brown Christmas_.
-
- The 68040 Chip does indeed come with built-in CPU. Motorola sells a
- stripped version called a 68040ELC, or something like that, that does not
- have the FPU. This is what Mobius is selling in their FPUless version of
- the card.
-