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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 030 in 68000 package
Message-ID: <12991@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 2 Jul 90 07:57:08 GMT
References: <2695@zipeecs.umich.edu> <31234@cup.portal.com> <1990Jun29.134104.13876@warwick.ac.uk>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax (George Robbins)
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In article <1990Jun29.134104.13876@warwick.ac.uk> phupp@warwick.ac.uk (S Millington) writes:
> In article <31234@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes:
> >gilgalad@dip.eecs.umich.edu (Ralph Seguin) in <2695@zipeecs.umich.edu> writes:
> >
> >>	Has anybody got any info on the 030 in 68000 package?
> >
> >If the new chip is as compatible to the 68000 as is the 68010, then this
> >presents some interesting possibilities for upgrading present 68000 and 68010
> >systems!
> 
>      Is this just a standard 68030 in a 64-pin package, or is it heading in
> the direction of the 68000to68010 upgrade?, ie. unplug one plug in other -
> excluding clock problems. Even at standard clock speeds, the maths-co-pro
> would be usefull (and eventualy the MMU). Except for the cost!

It's largely a figment of the rumor mill.  A much better explanation is that
the 68040 has an integral math "coprocessor" that Apple needs to accommodate.

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