home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!ogicse!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!rutgers!cbmvax!grr
- From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A4000 -=> 68EC040
- Message-ID: <37196@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 19:05:14 GMT
- Article-I.D.: cbmvax.37196
- References: <d32.ANN@halmuc.muc.sub.org> <1eiub4INN9qn@mercury.kingston.ac.uk>
- Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
- Lines: 34
-
- In article <1eiub4INN9qn@mercury.kingston.ac.uk> cs_e445@ceres (Vlod Kalicun) writes:
- > dolittle@halmuc.muc.sub.org (Ludwig Hurt) writes:
- > : In article <1992Nov6.103421.3729@gserv1.dl.ac.uk>,
- > : g.coulter@daresbury.ac.uk (Claire Radlett) writes:
- > : ->Hi Everyone.
- > : ->
- > : ->I have heard a report that not all A4000's have the full blown 68040 CPU
- > : ->and instead have the 68EC040 CPU ( The cut down version ). Can anyone
- > : ->
- > :
- > : This is false. I have got one.
-
- > Well Amiga Format (UK Magazine) reviewed the 4000 and they said it was a
- > 68EC040. (without FPU or MMU).
-
- > Has anyone from C= actually said that its a true 040??
-
- More times than we can count.
-
- Just because a magazine publishes information that the extract from the
- press releases, manuals or use of a review machine doesn't make it correct.
-
- > Any chance of introducing an educational discount C= ????
-
- That's up to the various national sales companies. Where there existing
- educational discounts I would expect the A4000 to be covered by similar
- terms, but please note that "educational discount" usually means lower
- prices for institutions, staff or university bookstore/computer outlet,
- not neccessarily a discount to the prospective student customer.
-
- --
- George Robbins - now working for, work: to be avoided at all costs...
- but no way officially representing: uucp: {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
- Commodore, Engineering Department domain: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com
-