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Article #11584Re: Longword alignment with 68020
From: Randell Jesup
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1989 22:20
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1989 22:20
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In article <10803@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes:
> As an extra added bonus, the '020 will read and write words on odd
>*byte* boundaries (but you pay a heavy performance penalty). An entire
>class of Gurus almost disappears! (Type 00000003, Address error.)
Right, the Guru is not a 3. However, instead of guruing it grabs
bad data and runs with it, maybe corrupting things without indication. :-(
Now where was that 68000/68010 address error compatibility bit....
(just joking)
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Randell Jesup, Commodore Engineering {uunet|rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!jesup
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ulowell!cbmvax!jesup From: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Longword alignment with 68020 Message-ID: <6080@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 24 Feb 89 22:20:05 GMT References: <712@cord.UUCP> <10803@well.UUCP> Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) Distribution: na Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 13