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   comp.sys.atari.st      Discussion about 16 bit Atari micros      15,439 messages   

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   Message 14,046 of 15,439   
   Rodolphe Czuba to All   
   Re: Atari Coldfire Computer   
   21 Jun 09 12:51:53   
   
   From: rodxxxxx.xxuba@free.fr   
      
   Bad choice because memory chips are very more expensive than DIMM modules   
   that are produced at very large scale.   
   Here they will buy some very small qty of memoru chip (DDR) and pay the max   
   price !   
      
   Very bad choice for final cost !   
      
      
      
   Vincent Rivière wrote:   
   > lp wrote :   
   >> Well this one will be somewhat based on FPGA,  which makes doing   
   >> fixes easier.  TOS updates and chips done in FPGA can then be flash   
   >> updated by the end user.  No buying chips or shipping it anywhere. :)   
   >   
   > Furthermore, the RAM will be soldiered on the ACP board, it will be   
   > rock solid, no bad connections :-)   
      
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