Re: [NTLK] OT: first gen PPC macs

From: David M. Ensteness (denstene_at_mac.com)
Date: Fri Nov 29 2002 - 12:21:37 EST


Not all 68030s were 32 bit, some were "32bit clean" and therefore could =

run 7.6 and some were not and were stuck at 7.5.5.

On Friday, November 29, 2002, at 12:13 PM, Michael J. Hu=DFmann wrote:

>
> 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=20
>> were
>> 16bit (32internal).
>
> The 68000 was 16 bit internal/32 bit external, but the 68020, 68030,=20
> and
> 68040 were 32 bit external, no?
>
> - Michael

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