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From: srg@quick.COM (Spencer Garrett)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Next computer (Re: CISC Silent Spring)
Message-ID: <7794@quick.COM>
Date: 9 Feb 90 00:44:37 GMT
References: <8859@portia.Stanford.EDU> <20056@netnews.upenn.edu> <486@taniwha.UUCP>
Organization: Quicksilver Engineering, Seattle
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In article <486@taniwha.UUCP>, paul@taniwha.UUCP (Paul Campbell) writes:
> Look closely at the architecture (try the Byte article), the NeXT board
> multiplexes data/addresses from the '030 to make it look like the '040

The '040 does not multiplex address and data lines.  The signals coming
out of that chip look very much like those of the '030.  The 88000,
on the other hand, does multiplex addresses and data on its M bus.
I'm not familiar with NuBus, so I won't speculate whether this has
any bearing on that.