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- From: mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A4000 -- _EC_ 040?!
- Message-ID: <35125@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 15 Sep 92 16:02:38 GMT
- References: <D1H5qB1w164w@cellar.org>
- Reply-To: mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz)
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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- swinokur@cellar.org (Steve Winokur) writes:
- >I've heard that the 4000 comes with an _EC_ 040 chip in it.
- >
- >Someone (in a position to do it) please deny this. Not having an MMU or an
- >_FPU_ in the 4000 would be - bad.
- >
- >The fact that (if this is true) this is being glossed over in all the
- >release information, also does not bode well.
- >
- >So, if you know _for_sure_ (pplz from Commodore?), tell us so...
-
- This is *not* true. The 68040 in the A4000 is the full-blown chip.
- The one that costs $800 if you buy just one of them. The one that runs
- floating point *very* fast. The one with those funky new MMUs.
-
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