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Motorola MC68030
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No recommendations None indicated 5.0



Description: General CPU specs
The MC68030 is an improved 68020 with a paged MMU and 0.5K L1 cache. It does not have a FPU or L2 cache.
Core frequencies range from 16 to 25 mHz (aprox 5 BogoMips), it has an anynchronous 8/16/32 bit databus and supports VM management. Note the MC68EC030 is a 68030 without paged MMU. EOL was reached in 1992, IIRC.

Keywords: Motorola CPU 68030 68k
/sbin/lspci output: n.a.
Chipset: n.a.


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Old 10-28-2003, 07:03 PM   #1
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Registered: May 2001
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Would you recommend the product? no | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 5

Kernel (uname -r): 1.6
Distribution: NetBSD



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Linux compatability
The 68030 is not Linux compatible because it lacks an FPU (so no Debian 2.x) and no "68k"-supporting distributions remain.

BSD compatibility
The 68030 is known to be BSD-compatible because NetBSD still supports the architecture (thanks!) and provides necessary FPU emu.

Vendor info
http://e-www.motorola.com

Miscellanious info
Cpu-collection.de: http://www.cpu-collection.de/?skn=1&show=cpu&tn=1&lev0=cpuclass&lev1=68030
The comp.sys.m68k FAQ: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/motorola/68k-chips-faq/index.html
NetBSD 68k: http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/mac68k/
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