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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: TT (Who has one?)
Keywords: long
Message-ID: <13415@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 24 Jul 90 19:04:25 GMT
References: <1990Jul19.160526.2215@arcsun.arc.ab.ca> <6764@vax1.acs.udel.EDU> <1990Jul20.141733.5567@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1990Jul20.233102.24577@math.lsa.umich.edu>
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax (Dave Haynie)
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In article <1990Jul20.233102.24577@math.lsa.umich.edu> hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu) writes:

>>    ...the TT comes with the slower 68881.  I wonder what Atari will
>>    charge for the upgrade if you want/need it?

>I don't think it'll matter. The 68882 is pin-compatible with the 68881,

It may very well matter, if the difference between 68881 and 68882 matters
to you.  While they are pin compatible, there's an awfully good chance that
the TT will have a surface mounted 6888x.  Which is all but impossible to
replace with a different chip, unless you have specialized equipment.  By
the way, the 16MHz A3000s are also using the 16MHz 68881 at present, and it
is surface mounted.  I don't know which FPU is in the 15.8MHz Mac IIcx, but
it is also surface mounted.

>and I've seen a couple places advertising the 68882s for up to $100 *less*
>than their 68881 prices. 

If you're paying anywhere _near_ $100 for a 16MHz '881 or '882, you might
consider changing your store.  I would imagine that Motorola isn't making
many '881s these days, and I did hear that '882s are much easier to make
than '881s in speeds of 25MHz on up.

>Usenet has always been better software support than any program I've ever
>seen from any vendor.

Just where did they post that public domain schematic capture program?  Maybe
comp.source.when.hell.freezes.over?  Yeah, that's the ticket.  The same place
they posted the PD clone of PageStream....

>  -- Howard Chu @ University of Michigan
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