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- From: stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang)
- Subject: Re: Western design chip
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.065936.18354@news.columbia.edu>
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- Reply-To: stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang)
- Organization: Columbia University
- References: <1jv04uINNn1t@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <77476@apple.apple.COM>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 06:59:36 GMT
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- In article <77476@apple.apple.COM> unknown@Apple.COM (Matt Ackeret) writes:
- >In article <1jv04uINNn1t@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> cb408@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jason Reames) writes:
- >>I read in the Feb. issue of A+/InCider that Western Design has a chip for the
- >>GS, the W65C81PL-E, that will double the speed of the GS. Is this on the
- >>level? Anyone have one that can confirm it really works? How about the
- >>cost? Thanks!!
-
- This chip is nothing more than the 14mhz 65c816 that some of
- us have been using since July. The E stands for experimental.
-
- >More details please... How would this theoretically double the speed of
- >the GS? cut cycle counts of instructions in half? has an online cache??
- >
- >Anyway, is this counting if you already have a Zip, and/or will this
- >hypothetical chip come in 15-20 MHz versions?
-
- Gee, I sure hope you are asking rhetorical questions...
-
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