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- From: chet@netcom.com (Eric Chet)
- Subject: Re: Data/Instruction Cache & BURST modes on 68030? Why/when?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.000654.21673@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
- References: <hellerS.724958427@batman>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 00:06:54 GMT
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- In article <hellerS.724958427@batman> hellerS@moravian.edu (sjh) writes:
- >I currently have a MMR 68030 with FPU and 2MB RAM. I know there are such
- >things as data/instruction cache modes and BURST mode, but I don't know
- >when or how these should be used, nor do my friends. I know how to turn
- >them on/off, but how do they work? When should they be used and when should
- >they NOT be used? Email appreciated!
- >
- >Steve Heller
- >hellerS@moravian.edu
-
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- The command >cpu CACHE will turn the cache's on. The MMR memory board does not
- support the BURST memory access mode :-(
-
- Eric
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