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From: normt@ihlpa.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k
Subject: Re: Fast 68000s?
Message-ID: <6085@ihlpa.ATT.COM>
Date: Fri, 30-Oct-87 08:52:55 EST
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Posted: Fri Oct 30 08:52:55 1987
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In article <7487@dartvax.UUCP>, stevel@dartvax.UUCP (Steve Ligett) writes:
> Why are there no 68000s faster than 12.5 MHz?
> Is it a marketing decision, or an engineering one?
> I'd love to have a 20MHz 68000.
>      Steve Ligett  stevel@dartmouth.edu  or

There are some available, we are using an at least 17Mhz part, which we
are getting from Signetics. They are not able to market a "68000" faster
than 12.5Mhz because of the licencing agrement with Motorola. They can
(and did) sell us some special chips (different number) which have all the
functions of the 68000 and operate at much higher rates.

I'm not sure how willing they are to do this in orders of 1's and 2's.

	Norm Tiedemann		Room IH 2G-331
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