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Subject: Re: Hyperdrive 2000 info from GCC
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Date: Mon, 27-Jan-86 13:06:50 EST
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In article <412@sol1.UUCP> s255@sol1.UUCP (alcmist) writes:
>The Hyperdrive 2000... includes a ... 68881 floating-point coprocessor and a
>12 Mhz 68000.  (I hope I got that right)...  The person... did not have any
>information on whether the faster 68000 would break software or not.

If it breaks software, then they might as well use a 16 Mhz 68020 and break
even more software :-)  Seriously, one could still use the 68000 for software
compatibility, ROM calls, and other I/O tasks (like disk cache control), and
the 'meat' of the applications could be run on the 68020.




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