Longword alignment with 68020

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From: Neil Weinstock
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1989 15:50

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Quickie question:

Do the 68020/32-bit memory boards (ala A2620) require that longword data
be longword-aligned?  I suspect that they do, but I want to be sure.

(The blitter requires its data word-aligned, right?  That has been my
experience.)

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From: nsw@cord.UUCP (Neil Weinstock)
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Subject: Longword alignment with 68020
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Date: 20 Feb 89 15:50:18 GMT
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