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From: perry@sfsup.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Comments on future ASDG products (68020)
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Date: Tue, 31-Mar-87 16:56:29 EST
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In article <6043@amdahl.UUCP>, kim@amdahl.UUCP (Kim DeVaughn) writes:
> Now, CBM has stated that they too are working on an 020 board for the A2000's
> 86-pin unbuffered "co-processor" slot [could this work in an ASDG 2000-and-1
> expansion box Zorro I slot, Perry?]  

Actually, the 68020/Unix(tm) board from CBM would go nicely into the 86
pin unbuffered ``cpu'' slot that we will provide in the 2000-and-1.

Re: MMU

The responses we've gotten so far indicate that people would like to have the
option of putting an MMU on our 20X and 20XI. Nearly everyone recognized from
the start that the MMU could not take advantage of future AmigaDOS changes by
CBM since they will be working with their own proprietary MMU design and thus
any code they develop will not  be  portable  to  a  standard MMU ASDG or any
other third party could provide.

Most people's desire to  have an MMU option on the 20XI stem's from their de-
sire not to close off options  should some entity actually port a larger o.s.
to the 20X series. If the MMU option is there, people  feel some unkown party
will not be able to  resist the temptation of porting some larger o.s. to the 
Amiga at some future time. (a sort  of chicken before the egg dealie true but
the rational is that if the MMU  option is there, someone will ultimately use
it).

(is convergent technologies or unisoft listening?)

Perry Kivolowitz