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Article #21360Re: 80486 vs. 68040 code size
From: Ron Widell
Date: Thu, 18 May 1989 19:34
Date: Thu, 18 May 1989 19:34
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In article <922@aber-cs.UUCP> pcg@cs.aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) writes:
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>Also, the 68020 was introduced not much before the 386, and certainly the
>386 has been around far longer than the 68030. Or I am goofing?
>
You're goofing.
The 68020 was in customer's hands (with some erratum, i.e. bugs) through
normal distribution channels in 1984, about two years before the 386; and
was bug-free (as far as we could tell) in 1985.
The 030 and 386 are contemporaries. (within about six months)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!mcdchg!motmpl!ron From: ron@motmpl.UUCP (Ron Widell) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: 80486 vs. 68040 code size Message-ID: <1228@motmpl.UUCP> Date: 18 May 89 19:34:16 GMT References: <922@aber-cs.UUCP> Reply-To: ron@motmpl.UUCP (Ron Widell) Distribution: eunet,world Organization: Motorola Semiconductor, Minneapolis, MN Lines: 24