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From: caveh@csl.sri.com (Caveh Jalali)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k
Subject: Re: Signetics 68905 BMAC
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Date: 10 Mar 90 08:20:35 GMT
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In article <1522@shade.UUCP> steveb@shade.ann-arbor.mi.us (Steve Barber) writes:
>
>A friend of mine just learned of a Signetics chip for the 68xxx series,
>the 68905 Basic Memory Access Controller.  He thinks this chip is
>a cache/MMU controller for 68000's and 68010's.  Does anybody have
>any of these guys sitting around that they'd like to sell?  Data books
>would be nice too.
>

sorry to rain on the parade, but i was TRYING to get a hold of these
chips -- there is 3 of them.  i think the others are 68906 and 68920?
they all do about the same thing.
the spec sheets look VERY nice, etc...
anyhow, that was back in 1987.  i was told back then that these chips
were never produced -- "CANNED".  i've never heard otherwise since.

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