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- From: peter@rhrk.uni-kl.de (Gunter Bitz)
- Subject: Re: Falcon '030 BUS: 16 or 32 bit?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.132737.24016@rhrk.uni-kl.de>
- Organization: University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
- References: <1992Nov11.204525.11194@rmece49.upr.clu.edu> <1992Nov13.230009.6192@prime.mdata.fi>
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 13:27:37 GMT
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- paetau@mits.mdata.fi (Rasmus Paetau) writes:
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- >In article <1992Nov11.204525.11194@rmece49.upr.clu.edu> raist@rmece02.upr.clu.edu (Ricardo Hernandez) writes:
- >> Reading from the above converstion, it looks like the Falcon
- >>68030 bus to memory is:
- >>
- >> * 16 bit wide
- >> * can't do the 68030's burst mode
- >>
- >> Can someone with real Atari specs clarify this?
- >>
- >>- Raist
- >>
-
- >All "real" Atari specs say that the bus is 32-bit wide, and Quick
- >Index gives results of about 50% of a TT, which sounds reasonable as
- >the TT has 2x Falcon's clock frequency. I don't think this would be
-
- That's not true. The 68030 in the TT runs at 32 MHz but slows down
- to 16MHz during Ram access. Now explain me please, why a TT is
- two times faster than the Falcon !
-
- >possible with a 16-bit bus. I still believe the Falcon has a 32-bit
- >wide data bus.
-
- >--
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- >| Rasmus Paetau (paetau@mits.mdata.fi) | Waiting for the Atari Falcon |
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