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Article #29264Re: Ground on DTACK?
From: Landon Dyer
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1987 16:25
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1987 16:25
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In article <361@usl-pc.UUCP>, jpdres13@usl-pc.UUCP (John Joubert) writes: > I have heard that Dr. Dobbs Journal put out an article to the effect that > if one were to ground DTACK, it would greatly improve the performance of > the 68000, providing that memory was faster than the 68000. > > Does anyone think that this will work on the ST? > > Could it cause any damage? Grounding DTACK would cause your ST to stop working. I don't think it would generate any smoke, but the 68000 would no longer be able to get to memory or some I/O locations reliably. -- I speak for me.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!amdahl!nsc!voder!apple!landon From: landon@apple.UUCP (Landon Dyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Ground on DTACK? Message-ID: <6774@apple.UUCP> Date: Thu, 19-Nov-87 11:25:39 EST Article-I.D.: apple.6774 Posted: Thu Nov 19 11:25:39 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 22-Nov-87 02:28:31 EST References: <361@usl-pc.UUCP> Organization: Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, USA Lines: 16 Keywords: Speed, DTACK