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- From: carl@syscon.rn.com (Carl Kreider)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k
- Subject: Re: Minimum speed on processors
- Keywords: 68332 speed
- Message-ID: <1992Sep01.153426.3381@syscon.rn.com>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 15:34:26 GMT
- References: <7Hj-kv#@engin.umich.edu> <1992Aug27.153424.7602@rtsg.mot.com> <1992Aug30.000335.15042@crs-sys.uucp>
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- crs@crs-sys.uucp (Chris Gregors) writes:
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- >In article <1992Aug27.153424.7602@rtsg.mot.com> you write:
- >>Just another datapoint: the 68332 can be clocked down to DC (0)
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- >Sounds pretty pointless... run the processor at 0Mhz! The *ONLY* possible
- >reason for doing that would be the power consumption. But the 68332 has a
- >low power stop 'LSTOP' instruction.
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- In the old days, we used to use it to single step. Course now that we all
- write in HLL and have state analyzers or ICEs, I guess that would be
- foolish.
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