Re: [NTLK] OT: first gen PPC macs

From: Michael J. Hußmann (michael_at_michael-hussmann.de)
Date: Fri Nov 29 2002 - 12:13:14 EST


Martin Joseph (marty_at_barknaturalpet.com) wrote:

> So he forced the engineers to retrofit the PPC onto the existing
> designs. This was majorly dumb since the PPC 601 was really a 32
> bit(64 internal 32bit bus) design and the existing 68k based mobos were
> 16bit (32internal).

The 68000 was 16 bit internal/32 bit external, but the 68020, 68030, and
68040 were 32 bit external, no?

- Michael

Michael J. Hussmann

E-mail: michael_at_michael-hussmann.de
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