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- From: undermind!Steve_Johnson@overmind.mind.org
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- Subject: Re: More Falcon news...
- Message-ID: <2349658@overmind.citadel>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 16:58:00 EDT
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- The
- Falcon030's 68030 has a 24-bit address/16-bit data bus. It get's a little
- confusing, though, because the COMBEL (the system controller) has a 32-bit
- bus to RAM and to the VIDEL (the video controller). The machine on the
- whole, though, isn't a 'TRUE' 32-bit machine (kinda like the Mac LC
- II/Performa 400). The PDS (processor-direct slot) is also 24-bit
- address/16-bit data. There is some hope, though, that a third party will be
- able to 'fix' this (there will, most definitely, be a 32-bit FAST RAM
- expansion for the Falcon030 that will allow more RAM, at least, from what
- I've heard).
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