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Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!

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From: David Corn
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 1995 15:23
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In article <4256jg$19d@grid.Direct.CA>, jmacleod@Direct.CA (James Macleod)
wrote:

> >>all 68000s and 68020s, and quite a lot of 030s and 040s.
> >
> >No, you've got that wrong.  68020s, 68030s and 68040 all have
> 
> I am not so sure. 
> 
> There is an EC designation in the 68000 series that denotes a CPU
> with no MMU.

That's true.
 
> I think these may have been used in some Macs, but I am not sure.

That's not true.
 
> I saw them used on some cheaper Amiga accelerators, and I think
> the Amiga 1200 used a 68EC020 with no MMU.


The 020 has no MMU.  The 030 has the MMU.  The 020 has the option of using
an off-chip MMU.
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Subject: Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 1995 10:23:30 -0500
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