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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 68k word-alignment penalty?
Message-ID: <1585@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Mar-87 00:03:46 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1585
Posted: Wed Mar 25 00:03:46 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 26-Mar-87 07:30:52 EST
References: <8703242118.AA05186@cory.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <8703242118.AA05186@cory.Berkeley.EDU> dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes:
>
>	Get A Life!   Nobody in their right mind does an odd-address word
>fetch on a 68000 on purpose!
>
>					-Matt

Hey Matt!  Cool it again - nobody needs insulting answers, no matter how silly
the question may seem to you or any other of us "experts".  Nuff said?

BTW, the 68000 is known to do some really gross things on mis-aligned word
access on some systems.  Seems it glitchs data-stobe before it gets serious
about doing an exception, causing DRAM derangement.  As far as I know, this
isn't a problem with the Amiga...


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