Re: 68008 stuff (was Re: byte order: etc...)

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From: pwv
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1987 22:47

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>In article <755@vaxb.calgary.UUCP> radford@calgary.UUCP (Radford Neal) writes:
>>Anyway, I've actually used both 68000 and 68008 processors, and can assure
>>you that they are pretty much compatible. ....
>
In article <2899@gitpyr.gatech.EDU> jkg@gitpyr.UUCP (Jim Greenlee) writes:
>My understanding of why this was done was to ensure that the 68008 would
>be COMPLETELY software compatible with the 68000, .....

Actually, I remember hearing from a Motorola "Technical" guy when the 68000
had just come out that the 68000 and the 68008 used the same die!  The only
difference was in chip bond-out.

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