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From: mslater@cup.portal.com (Michael Z Slater)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k
Subject: Re: Data General Aviion 7000, 8000
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Date: 21 Mar 91 04:52:48 GMT
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>Can anyone provide some comparison information between the 'old' 88200 and
>this new 88204 chip?  Would they just happen to be pin-compatible?  I wouldn't
>mind a larger cache! (apparently the 88204 has 64K, our 88200's only 16K)

The 88204 is pin-compatible with the 88200 and is identical in function to the
88200, except for having four times as much cache. It is also priced about the
same as the 88200 was at introduction! ($495 in 1000s, production promised for
April.)

Michael Slater, Microprocessor Report   mslater@cup.portal.com