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Started by Mike Meyer, Real Amigas have key...
Mon, 07 May 1990 18:11
Re: New 68k? 68025? (16-bit version of 040)
Author: Mike Meyer, Real Amigas have key...
Date: Mon, 07 May 1990 18:11
Date: Mon, 07 May 1990 18:11
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>> >Seriously, could this mean what I think to the Amiga 500 and 2000 owners? >> >I presume the 4x speed increase you suggest is based on a reduction of >> >clock cycles/instruction and would thus work fine in a stock Amiga...? >> >> Not quite that easy, unfortunately. The interrupt stack frames are >> different, so you'll need to path the OS. Already been done for the Amiga. The OS detects and works correctly with any of the 680[0123]0 processors. Software that does floating point operations in the system-approved manner also get 6888[12] suport if the chips are there. As an aside, 2000 owners probably won't be interested in the chip - they're better off going to one of the CPU slot '[23]0 boards, so they'll be able to use 32 bit memory as well as the faster processor. Since that isn't an option on the 500, the 16-bit version of the '[23]0 would be an attractive option. <mike
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