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From: bryand@cascade.ens.tek.com (Bryan Duff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: NeXT Bashing - small breakin.
Keywords: 030 040 slot
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Date: 28 Mar 91 19:32:36 GMT
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->In article <15L002.N06Qt01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L. Shephard) writes:
->Not that easy.  More pins on a '040 some of those pins are power pins.
->The '040 doesn't have the full 68882 built into it.  This means that
->either you have to trap the instructions and provide emulation via the OS
->or you can recompile all your applications.  The '040 is NOT just a drop
->in replacement for an '030.

Pardon my interuption into this discussion but I think you might wish
to reread the entry which prompted this response.  I believe he said
cpu _slot_ not cpu _socket_ .  The slot has plenty of connections.  I
don't have any opinion about the 68882 emulation though- looks fine.

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->/*  -The opinions expressed are my own, not my employers.    */
->/*      For I can only express my own opinions.              */
->/*                                                           */
->/*   Kent L. Shephard  : email - kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com   */


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 - Bryan L. Duff  : email bryand@cascade.ens.tek.com