Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site iddic.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!decwrl!decvax!tektronix!orca!iddic!chrism From: chrism@iddic.UUCP (Chris Ebaugh) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari Subject: Re: ST Hardware Message-ID: <2128@iddic.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 19:16:53 EDT Article-I.D.: iddic.2128 Posted: Thu Aug 15 19:16:53 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 01:44:01 EDT References: <1037@mtgzz.UUCP> Reply-To: chrism@iddic.UUCP (Chris Ebaugh) Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 20 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 tektronix!iddic!chrism