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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Is 14.32MHz too fast for my expansion RAM?
Keywords: volatile
Message-ID: <4553@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 24 Aug 88 14:04:05 GMT
References: <3127@sdsu.UUCP>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <3127@sdsu.UUCP> larryr@sdsu.UCSD.EDU (Larry Riedel) writes:
> [Take this line... Please!]
> 
> I am thinking about getting that 14MHz 68000 thing from CMI, but I am
> wondering if the extra clock speed will be wasted.  I have one of those
> Micron 2MB boards, and I don't know how fast the memory is.  Will the
> fast processor just be hurry-up-and-waiting?

Unless you have some local high-speed memory, most likely on the speed-up
board, the extra clock speed will be mostly, but not quite completely
wasted...  Of course, some people get excited about a 5-10% speed up,
so cases do differ.  8-)

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