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Subject: Re: LC upgrade to '030
Message-ID: <1991Jun13.100222.534@otago.ac.nz>
From: michael@otago.ac.nz
Date: 13 Jun 91 10:02:22 NZDT
References: <1991Jun11.091454.236@amc.uva.nl>
Organization: University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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In article <1991Jun11.091454.236@amc.uva.nl>, jonker@amc.uva.nl writes:
>>MacWeek says that Apple will have a 68030 upgrade available for the LC
>>and the Classic sometime this fall.
> "update"
> will this mean that the '020 version will be replaced by a '030 version,
> or will be upgraded by a chipset to be plugged in the '020 socket
> or will there be a PDB expansion card? 

Well, the '020 isn't in a socket, so that option is out. I doubt there will be
a card, there wouldn't be much point. Especially if, as I suspect, the '030
referred to is the low-cost plastic-pack 68EC030 Motorola have recently
announced, which doesn't have a PMMU.

Michael(tm) Hamel, Computing Services Centre, University of Otago, New Zealand

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