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From: stevel@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Steve Ligett)
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Subject: Re: New Moto chips (was Will NeXT survive?)
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Date: 14 May 91 13:59:51 GMT
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In article <14720@encore.Encore.COM> jcallen@encore.Com (Jerry Callen) writes:
>(some complaints about chips for toasters)
>
>What's the price of the cheapest Moto chip to include an MMU (68030)?


You know, the ec030 is cheaper than the 030 for two reasons; they took
out the mmu, and they put it in a plastic pin-grid array (rather than
ceramic).  You may recall that the NSC 32532 was "cheapened" in the same
manner to make the 32gx32(!?).

Looking at the logic board for a Macintosh SE/30, I noticed that the
030 on the board is in a PLASTIC pin-grid array package.  I called Wyle
Labs, and was told that no, Motorola doesn't offer the 030 in a plastic
pin-grid array package.

So, perhaps they only make it for Apple.  I wonder if they will offer it
generally.  I wonder how much (little!) Apple pays for 030's.
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