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From: chrism@iddic.UUCP (Chris Ebaugh)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: ST Hardware
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Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 19:16:53 EDT
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In article <1037@mtgzz.UUCP> bds@mtgzz.UUCP (b.d.szablak) writes:
>The August issue of Antic has a picture of the ST motherboard and a VERY
>brief description of some of the chips on it. Does anyone have any more
>information on this? In particular, it mentions the CPU as being an
>68000P8, what does the P8 mean? Also, it says there is a screen controller
>chip or something like that, which is suppose to off load the 68000. Any
>more info on that chip. Finally, there is a DMA chip, but someone stated
>in this newsgroup earlier that the floppy used a serial interface, is this
>correct info? The biggest shame about the ST is that it didn't get written
>up in very good detail even in a magazine devoted to atari computers...


Sorry, I can only help with the 68000P8.  That means that the 68000 processor
is the 8 Mhz version.

It is the same one that is in the Apple Macintosh.

Chris Ebaugh
Tektronix Wilsonville, Or
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