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From: jdow@gryphon.COM (J. Dow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga 3000, fact or fiction?
Summary: Thanks for the laugh.
Keywords: Amiga, 3000, hoax?
Message-ID: <9799@gryphon.COM>
Date: 19 Dec 88 08:09:09 GMT
References: <2385@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> <14061@oberon.USC.EDU>
Reply-To: jdow@gryphon.COM (J. Dow)
Organization: Wizardess Designs, Hermosa Beach, Ca.
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In article <14061@oberon.USC.EDU> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
>In article <2385@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> garvin@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu (Michael A. Garvin) writes:
>>
>>     Well, a friend gave me a copy of an article out of an unknown magazine.
>>In this article the specifications of the Amiga "3000."  I don't know if any
>>of this is true (it probably is mostly guesswork and fiction), but I thought
>>I'd pass it along, and also ask for input.  So, here's what they said:
>>
>>Hardware: 68030 CPU with a 68851 MMU (Memory Management Unit) and a 68882
>                            ^^^^^^^^^^
>
>You really got a bad source.  The 68030 has an on-chip MMU and doesn't
>need any external one.
>
>-- Marco Papa 'Doc'
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Marco, I was going to thank him for one of the best belly laughs I have had this
year. That one was a classic! Ain't rumors fun!

-- 
Sometimes a bird in the hand leaves a sticky deposit.
Perhaps it were best it remain there in the bush with the other one.

{@_@}
	jdow@bix (where else?)		Sometimes the dragon wins. Sometimes
	jdow@gryphon.CTS.COM		the knight. Does the fair maiden ever
	{backbone}!gryphon!jdow		win? Surely both the knight and dragon
					stink. Maybe the maiden should suicide?
					Better yet - she should get an Amiga and
					quit playing with dragons and knights.