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- Subject: Re: Falcon '030 BUS: 16 or 32 bit?
- Message-ID: <92321.132102JJL101@psuvm.psu.edu>
- From: J.J. Lehett <JJL101@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 13:21:02 EST
- References: <1992Nov11.204525.11194@rmece49.upr.clu.edu><1992Nov13.230009.6192@prime.mdata.fi>
- Organization: Penn State University
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- In article <1992Nov13.230009.6192@prime.mdata.fi>, paetau@mits.mdata.fi (Rasmus
- Paetau) says:
- >
- >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
- >possible with a 16-bit bus. I still believe the Falcon has a 32-bit
- >wide data bus.
- >
- >--
- >-----------------------------------------------------------------------
- >| Rasmus Paetau (paetau@mits.mdata.fi) | Waiting for the Atari Falcon |
- >-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- Well, not to add fuel to the fire, but...
-
- In the latest issue of Current Notes, Dave Small says, and I quote:
-
- 'It's a 16 MHz 68030 on a 16-bit bus (NOT 32 bit, contrary to Atari's
- spec's....'
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