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- From: christim@ifi.uio.no (Christian Moen)
- Subject: Re: '030EC - Uses for MMU on Amigas?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.110612.1273@ifi.uio.no>
- Keywords: 68030EC, 68030, GVP A530
- Sender: christim@ifi.uio.no (Christian Moen)
- Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway
- References: <7445@stan.xx.swin.oz.au>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 11:06:12 GMT
- Lines: 29
- Originator: christim@sognsvann.ifi.uio.no
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- In article <7445@stan.xx.swin.oz.au>, h8eg083@stan.xx.swin.oz.au (Darren Gower) writes:
- > Anyway, I discovered that it has the '030EC. A (possibly unknowledgable)
- > friend is of the opinion that the MMU is not disabled in these units, just
- > unwarranted. I always thought it was disabled in the 'EC. Could someone
- > clarify?
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- As far as I know, they're unwarrented. That's why it's so hard to detect
- an MC68EC030. They can seem operational but they're not warranted to be so.
- In some cases they might be more or less usable.
- The 'EC030s are possibly '030s which got MMU damage under production.
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- > Further, just how much use is the MMU in an AmigaDOS environment? I know
- > enforcer uses it (and I do a fair amount of 'C' programming), but is it
- > worth forking out approx. $400 more to get it just for that? Are there any
- > other uses?
-
- If do a "fair amount of 'C' programming", I'd recommend the Enforcer.
- It's a very useful tool - indeed. Other useful programs which use the MMU,
- are the several virtual-memory applications.
-
- Don't forget that the OS will probably support MMU in a future version.
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