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Re: 68040 (was: Sanity Check, please)

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From: Phil Ronzone
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1990 19:17
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In article <38264@apple.Apple.COM> baum@apple.UUCP (Allen Baum) writes:
>[]
>>In article <3426@odin.SGI.COM> pkr@maddog.sgi.com (Phil Ronzone) writes:
>>
>>And the doubling of the RAM banks from 2 to 4 eats a lot of real estate
>>(remember, the 68040 has a 64-bit bus) and gives a few NuBus problems.
>
>Try again. My brand, spanking new 68040 manual shows 32 pins for the data
>bus. Try again a lot.



Ooops oops oops -- wrong Motorola part. Just been hanging arounds MIPs chips
lately -- how quickly we forget. Duh .....



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Subject: Re: 68040 (was: Sanity Check, please)
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