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- From: glens@natinst.com (Glen Sescila)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
- Subject: Re: Falcon '030 BUS: 16 or 32 bit?
- Message-ID: <1edg58INN3rb@falcon.natinst.com>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 13:23:52 GMT
- References: <92321.132102JJL101@psuvm.psu.edu> <1992Nov17.050651.18469@rmece49.upr.clu.edu> <H.QHklPxgdMm2@fredrik.atari.no>
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- In article <H.QHklPxgdMm2@fredrik.atari.no> jornmoe@fredrik.atari.no writes:
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- > The Falcon030 has a 24bit Address Bus and a 16bit Data Bus. The
- > expansion port on the machine represents that bus.
- .
- .
- .
- > Note that the Apple LC and the Classic II use the same trick and some
- > chips do have full 32bit access like the video logic.
-
- WHAT? If the shifter has full 32-bit access to memory how much more
- glue could it take to allow the processor 32-bit access? I mean the memory
- is already 32-bit wide for the shifter after that it would seem trivial to
- get the processor to have 32-bit access. If this is true I may be holding
- on to my savings for another year or so. :-( Oh well, by then I should have
- enough saved up for whatever is available.
-
- See ya then.
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