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- From: richard@star.ic.ac.uk (Richard Syratt )
- Subject: 96002's got a silcon bug!
- Keywords: 96002,bug
- Sender: richard@star (Richard Syratt )
- Organization: Imperial College, London University
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 12:34:47 GMT
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- Believe me or not, but I work in the same group as a guy whose
- working with a 96002. It's been confirmed by Motorola US that
- he's discovered a bug on the chip. Apparently when you do a
- parallel load at the same time as doing a dma access (and probably
- a few other conditions as well ... I could find out exact details)
- then a bit of some data gets cleared.
- He's working on real time image processing, and trying to push the chip
- as fast as possible.
-
- Now, there was a discussion going on about 'wouldn't it be nice to have
- a 96002 in a falcon 040', yes but it would have been damn expensive, but
- now that it's got an obscure bug wouldn't it be possible for atari to buy
- up old stock and make the dream a reality. OK so it would have a small bug
- on it, but couldn't you program around that? Obviously they'd have to
- make clear that it's not a fully functional 96002, but it's still damn fast.
-
- Does any one know what normally happens to chips with a bug on them, are theu
- sold? Or just binned - motorolas reputation etc.
-
- Richard
-
- DISCLAIMER: I'm not gong to be held responsible for any of the above, I'm
- not a rumour monger, but if motorola are wrong and the chip is OK,
- then maybe I'm misinformed. Just remember where you heard it first...
-