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From: susser@parcvax.Xerox.COM (Josh Susser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: 68030 in MacII
Message-ID: <503@parcvax.Xerox.COM>
Date: Wed, 16-Sep-87 22:10:46 EDT
Article-I.D.: parcvax.503
Posted: Wed Sep 16 22:10:46 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 19-Sep-87 14:27:53 EDT
References: <2549@okstate.UUCP> <1969@nicmad.UUCP> <1945@encore.UUCP>
Reply-To: susser.pasa@xerox.com.UUCP (Josh Susser)
Organization: Xerox Special Information Systems, Pasadena CA
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Keywords: 68030 MacII
Summary: Is is plug compatible?

[gulp]

In article <1945@encore.UUCP> devoz@encore.UUCP (Joe Devincentis) writes:
>Guys.  It is simple.  You want a 68030, you wait for the 68030 macII
>BOARD TO BE DESIGNED.  This should be a simple plug in :-) to the NUBUS,
>theoretically giving you a multiple CPU (can you say parallel?) workstation.
>
>Yes you can plug the new 68030 into your macII, but it must be on it's own
>CARD.

When I got my MacII, the first thing I did was open it up and look inside.
(I didn't have a monitor, so what else was I supposed to do?) Aside from the
overall cleanness of the design, the thing that impressed me most was that
the 68020 was socketed (at least it looks that way) and was right next to
the PMMU socket.

From what I remember hearing about the 68030, it should be possible to build
a tiny board with a 68030 and some SSI and plug it directly into the sockets
for the 68020 and 68851. Voila, a MacII that runs twice as fast!

Okay you Mac cognoscenti, am I on the right track here, or am I completely
confused?

By the way, looks like the 68881 is socketed as well, and the 68882 (which
is twice as fast) is plug compatible.

Apple, I like the way you guys design machines.

--Josh Susser
  Xerox Special Information Systems
  Susser.pasa@Xerox.com

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