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From: rnv@motsj1.UUCP (Ron Voss)
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Subject: Re: 68040
Summary: the answer is no
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In article <oYVkaky00VA6Q13JZo@andrew.cmu.edu>, ej0s+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Eric Jenkins) writes:
> Is there any possibility of the Moto 68040 CPU being pin-compatible with
> the Moto 68030?  Does anyone know for sure?

The parts are not pin-compatible.  The 040's inclusion of the
floating point processor on-chip is one reason.  The parts *are*
software-compatible.

-- 
Ron Voss, Systems Engineer
Motorola Inc, Microcomputer Division
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