Re: 960 XA/MX Questions

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From: Dave Carr
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 21:59

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In <1993Jan08.173711.14431@donau.et.tudelft.nl> wolff@erasmus.et.tudelft.nl (Rogier Wolff) writes:

>I am not sure what the 960MX/XA have that the 960CA doesn't, but our Xterminals
>seem to run just fine with the CA. As far as I know, there exists 960's
>with floating point coprocessors that are Military only like the MX/XA.

The 960KB has floating point and can be found in a laser printer near you.
In the K series (KA,KB,MC) at least, all the processors were the same die.  
As for what the MX/XA has that the CA doesn't, the MX has a hexagonal die
(looks nicer on a keychain) and an extra couple of zeroes in the price.

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