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- From: paetau@mits.mdata.fi (Rasmus Paetau)
- Subject: Re: Falcon '030 BUS: 16 or 32 bit?
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 16:32:46 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.163246.23753@prime.mdata.fi>
- References: <1992Nov11.204525.11194@rmece49.upr.clu.edu> <1992Nov13.230009.6192@prime.mdata.fi> <1992Nov16.132737.24016@rhrk.uni-kl.de>
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- In article <1992Nov16.132737.24016@rhrk.uni-kl.de> peter@rhrk.uni-kl.de (Gunter Bitz) writes:
- >paetau@mits.mdata.fi (Rasmus Paetau) writes:
- >
- >>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 !
-
- It does? Are you sure?? I guess you are. Anyway, I wouldn't know
- anything about TT RAM-access. I'm going to get a heart attack if
- Falcon turns up with a 16-bit data bus. After that I'll go hunting for
- a Tramiel scalp :). Please God, don't let Falcon have a 16-bit bus!
- Do you think the faster TT-RAM could be the reason why the TT would
- still be faster?
-
- >>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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- | Rasmus Paetau (paetau@mits.mdata.fi) | Waiting for the Atari Falcon |
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