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From: pl@etana.tut.fi (Lehtinen Pertti)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Non Motorola 68k in 500/2000s ?
Message-ID: <11369@etana.tut.fi>
Date: 28 Feb 90 12:07:11 GMT
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From article <8368@chaph.usc.edu>, by aliu@castor.usc.edu (Terminal Entry):
>
> I heard a rumor on a local board today about A500/2000s not having motorola-
> made 68000 chips. According to the posting, the chips are made by a company
> called SGS TOMPSON, and create compatibility problems, because "the vectors 
> don't match".
> 

	I have been using ( a spare one ) chip made by MOSTEK, without
	any troubles.

	Today MOSTEK is owned by SGS-Thompson, but I don't have any
	idea if chips are made from same masks.
	Thompson was making 68k before it bought MOSTEK.

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