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From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Why not '030 slabs?
Message-ID: <1026@toaster.SFSU.EDU>
Date: 20 Nov 90 00:45:03 GMT
References: <MailManager.659054095.7886.lane@ssrg-next-1.stanford.edu>
Reply-To: eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Organization: San Francisco State University
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In article <MailManager.659054095.7886.lane@ssrg-next-1.stanford.edu>
	lane@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (Christopher Lane) writes:
>If the 'slab' gets delayed by Motorola 68040 chip supplies, is it feasible for
>NeXT to ship the monochrome NeXTstations with 68030's installed, along with a
>voucher for a CPU chip upgrade to '040 when available?  The clock speed on the
>current cube and new slabs is the same, as are the SIMMs.  Are the '040 and
>'030 pin compatible?  What else prevents you from replacing one with another?

Life's kinda rough without floating point... (think about it)

					-=EPS=-