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From: shannon@sun.uucp (Bill Shannon)
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Subject: Re: Sun-3: 15 or 16.67 MHz?
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Date: Mon, 3-Feb-86 03:58:53 EST
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> Every reference I have seen on the Sun-3 in USENET has stated (assumed?)
> that the 68020 runs at 16.67 MHz.  We have recently received some
> literature from Sun on the Sun-3 and it states that the clock rate
> is 15 MHz?  Why is everyone saying 16.67?
> 
> 					Matt Goheen
> 					S.R. Systems
> 			    {seismo,allegra}!rochester!srs!matt

Simple, there is more than one Sun-3.  The Sun-3 is an entire family
of machines.  The Sun-3/75 and Sun-3/160 models use the same cpu
board, which has a 16.67 MHz clock.  The new Sun-3/50 is a different
cpu board that uses a 15 MHz clock.

					Bill Shannon