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- From: nino@vmars.tuwien.ac.at (Marinos Yannikos)
- Subject: Re: Falcon '030 BUS: 16 or 32 bit?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.123521.2610@email.tuwien.ac.at>
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- Organization: TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
- References: <28422@castle.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 12:35:21 GMT
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- marks@castle.ed.ac.uk (Mark Steyn) writes:
- : [...]
- : Yes, but the ST also has a 16 bit processor. It is not crippled.
- : The ST also does not have to deal with 16 bit graphics throughput.
- : The Falcon on the other hand has a 32 bit '030, crammed into a 16 bit
- : bus, similar to the Mac LCII. As for the Falcon not being crippled, I will
- : wait to use the machine to see. I have my concerns about the speed of
- : the graphics over a 16 bit bus, though. 16 bit graphics over a 16 bit
- : bus, sharing access with the processor does not sound as though it will
- : be particularly fast.
-
- *sigh* again: the falcon 030 video system does NOT have a 16 bit bus, but
- a 32 bit bus (Madbus). Inform yourself before making such assumptions,
- especially if you want to spread them all over the world.
-
- : > -- Howard Chu @ Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
- :
- : >All true wisdom is conveyed in one-line witticisms.
- :
- : The world needs more one-line witticisms.
-
- true.
-
- -MY
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