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From: davem@col.hp.com (Dave K. Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Price reduction on Mega-Midget Racer?
Message-ID: <18730012@col.hp.com>
Date: 19 Jun 91 13:29:24 GMT
References: <1991Jun19.014314.24705@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division
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As I understand it, what CSA is doing is taking the '030 chips that have a 
defective memory management unit (internal to the '030) and installing them 
in the 'economy versions' of the Mega-Midget Racers.  They are doing some 
magic in firmware to mask off the non-functional mmu.  You still get most of 
the benifits of running a faster '030, but you cannot run stuff like Un*x, etc
which require a functional mmu.  The prices I've seen advertised are about 
$150 cheaper for the economy versions of the MMR.

davem