68882 in a Mac II
Rick Auricchio
rick at Apple.COM
Thu Feb 2 03:42:52 AEST 1989
In article <1927 at pur-phy> wayne at pur-phy (Wayne K. Schroll) writes:
>
> I have heard that the 68882 is pin-equivalent to the 68881. Is this
>true? If so, can I just pop the '881 out of my Mac II (A/UX) and drop
>in the '882?
It is pin-compatible, but see below.
> Is there anything special I should know since my Mac II runs A/UX?
Yes. The '882 has a larger saved register stack during
interrupts, which required a changed to the UDOT stack space
in A/UX 1.0.1 (the one which runs on the 68030).
If you're running 1.0, certain operations (naturally, I don't
know which) can stuff more bytes than there's room for, causing
trouble. I don't think it's a panic, but any stack overflow is
generally bad.
>Finally, does anyone know of a good place to purchase a 68882 chip, and
>it's approximate cost? Thanks for any information you can provide.
Sorry, I don't know either on this one...
BTW, 1.0.1 is essentially 1.0 with trivial changes...'030 and
'882 support, and "tolerating" the FDHD hi-density floppy being
the most notable. If you don't have the hardware need for it, you
shouldn't worry about it.
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