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From: daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Hurricane 68020 & O/S speedup
Message-ID: <3172@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jan 88 20:31:26 GMT
References: <6615@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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in article <6615@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, spencer@eris (Randal m. Spencer [RmS]) says:
> 
> Recently on *comp.sys.amiga* daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) wrote:
> ...Buy a Commodore-Amiga A2620 board if you can wait a little longer.

> Actually, I was looking at the new 68030 board that CSA was showing
> at AmiExpo in LA this weekend, and there was this rumor that went
> around the show that when 1.3 (1.21, whatever) comes out, they are
> going to put it in 32 bit-wide rom with their board.  Not that I work
> for them or anything....

That sounds a bit silly.  You COULD build in fast 32 bit ROMs if you like,
but why not use a small chunk of your 32 bit RAM.  The 68030 has it's own
built-in MMU, which can do the same things that the C-A board's MMU can
do.  Like remapping memory.  The 32 bit ROM would make it simpler, if you
want to pay for extra circuitry, board real-estate, and the cost of very
fast ROMs.  The RAM idea is a freebie.

In either case, moving the OS into FAST 32 bit memory of some kind is a very
good idea.

> Randy Spencer      P.O. Box 4542   Berkeley  CA  94704        (415)222-7595 
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