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From: mr3@ukc.ac.uk (M.Rizzo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Query - 68040 slot in A3000
Message-ID: <6210@harrier.ukc.ac.uk>
Date: 19 Nov 90 12:51:01 GMT
Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.
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I've often seen a 68040 CPU slot mentioned in discussions of the
AMIGA A3000. Can anyone tell me exactly how this is used ?  Will the
68040 take over the role of the 68030 or will they somehow work in
parallel ?  If used in parallel, would the OS say be able to have two
tasks running on the two different processors simultaneously ?  How
about memory access - if there's the 68030, 68040 and the blitter all
sharing the bus will it affect performance drastically ?

Anyone who can supply any info please mail me and I'll post a summary
to the net. Or post straight to csa if you prefer.

Thanx,

  // Mike
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