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11 Oct 2024 23:12:12 EDT (-0400)
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From: Orchid XP v7
Date: 18 Oct 2007 13:07:50
Message: <471792e6$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:

>> One of the ways they kept the Amiga cheap was by not including the 
>> hardware necessary for implementing virtual memory...)
> 
> The CPU didn't even support it, just like pre-386 days.

Correction: The Morotola 68000 series *does* have an optional MMU. And 
that's just it - optional. There was a special board you could get to 
install a replacement CPU with an MMU fitted, and software to go with it 
to add virtual memory to your Amiga.

So there. :-P


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