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- From: bull@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
- Subject: Re: Surface mounted 68030?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.164325.90681@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 16:43:25 +1100
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- wmagro@uiuc.edu (William Magro) writes:
- > I've read here that the 68030 in the Falcon is surface mounted. Does
- > anyone know of a good reason for that? Wouldn't it be reasonably cheap
- > and forward thinking to put it in a socket?
-
- Not really. When you use surface mount components, you cut down
- on the number of individual components required to assemble the Falcon
- and the number of seperate assembly operations. This makes the process
- of making Falcons (or any other electronic equipment) faster and cheaper.
- Surface mount also tends to be more reliable (the drawback is that when
- a surface mount component is faulty, it's more expensive to repair or
- replace it). Fewer warrantee repairs mean more satisfied customers and
- lower operating costs for Atari.
-
- I can see that a socketed 030 would let you add Page Mode 32 bit
- ram by plugging a ram board into the 030 socket and the 030 on top of the
- ram board, but Atari seem to have other priorities.
-
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