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- From: kjohnson@castor.cs.uga.edu (Kristopher Johnson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
- Subject: Re: DSP in the Falcon
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.223045.8863@athena.cs.uga.edu>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 22:30:45 GMT
- Article-I.D.: athena.1992Sep1.223045.8863
- References: <469@muller.loria.fr> <H.op5odQJVpyw@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca> <la61usINNhf4@aludra.usc.edu>
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- Organization: University of Georgia, Athens
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- In article <la61usINNhf4@aludra.usc.edu> baffoni@aludra.usc.edu (Juxtaposer) writes:
- >In article <H.op5odQJVpyw@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca> jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca writes:
- >> For anyone who hasn't seen the latest AEO, the Falcon appears to
- >>have been design as a 24 bit computer, partly to maintain compatability
- >>with existing software. This doesn't mean third party boards etc can't
- >>extent that, but it explains the 14 meg memory limit.]
- >
- > Yucck! It sure does. What a nasty way to cripple a machine. Is it
- >so darned expensive to not run 2 more address lines and give you a reasonable
- >64MB limit (like anyone is touching that yet, but it leaves room for
- >expansion). Sigh. I know, I know - since it (26) isn't a nice multiple
- >of 8, you have to add a slew of logic chips...but how about 28?:)
-
- Actually, it's more appropriate to look at the Falcon030 as being 24-bit
- 'off-the-shelf' so as to be as compatible with the ST as possible. From
- everything that's been said on GEnie, expansion to full 32-bit isn't all
- that difficult to do. The Falcon030 still has a 32-bit bus and all, so
- I don't really even think it's appropriate to imply it's 24-bit in any
- way.
-
- Steve
-