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From: rbabel@babylon.rmt.sub.org (Ralph Babel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Does GVP offer Ed Discounts? Anyone use their a4000?
Message-ID: <06333.AA06333@babylon.rmt.sub.org>
Date: 4 Mar 91 12:19:55 GMT
References: <patrick_meloy.0873@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca>
Reply-To: cbmvax.commodore.com!cbmehq!babylon!rbabel (Ralph Babel)
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In article <patrick_meloy.0873@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca>,
patrick_meloy@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca (Patrick Meloy) writes:

> The thing to remember about GVP Accellerators (as far as I
> know) is that they do NOT allow dropping back to the 68000.

Not true. You can use ...

a) a jumper,
b) mode-switch ROMs,
c) the boot68000 utility.

> Also, last I heard, the GVP board could not support UNIX
> properly (something to do with the MMU and memory
> protection) while the CBM boards do). While I *personally*
> don't give a hoot about UNIX, I can see a day when this
> incompatibility may affect AmigaOS.

The 68030 has a built-in MMU, so all GVP-accelerators have
an MMU (as well as Commodore's A2630).

Ralph