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From: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k
Subject: Re: New 68k? 68025? (16-bit version of 040)
Message-ID: <213@demott.COM>
Date: 7 May 90 15:07:20 GMT
References: <111512@psuecl.bitnet>
Reply-To: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt)
Organization: DeMott Electronics Co., Van Nuys CA
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In article <111512@psuecl.bitnet> peg@psuecl.bitnet (PAUL E. GANTER) writes:
>In article <11269@cbmvax.commodore.com>, valentin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Valentin Pepelea) writes:
>>
>> I strongly doubt this will be a 68040 in a 16-bit package. It will probably
>> be a 16-bit 68030, hopefully pin compatible with the 68000. With the very
>> large number of 68000 out there, there are bound to be houndreds of thousands
>
>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.

kdq
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