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From: Aaron.Roydhouse@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Aaron Roydhouse)
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Subject: Re: TT (Who has one?)
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Date: 26 Jul 90 01:58:01 GMT
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In article <comp.sys.atari.st/6267> daveh@cbmvax (Dave Haynie) writes:
>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
                                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  Awfully nil chance actually - if you had read the documentation you
  would see it specifically states that the supplied 68881 _is_ socketed
  for the stated reason of allowing for easy upgrade to 68882.

>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
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  Oh dear, that's too bad.

>it is also surface mounted.
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        Tough luck all round then.

>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.

  Well under $100 eh? Well that will make for a cheap TT upgrade for
  those who want it.

>Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests"

  I am inclined to agree that while I don't have a TT under my
  finger-tips, this discussion it pretty hyperthetical.

  However, as far as NZ goes - the TT's are apparantly on the ship and
  days away from the store. Yet there is still _no_ sign of the A3000...

Aaron.
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