> A raw R3000/3010 requires several carefully timed clock inputs. One of the
> BIG advantages of one of the second generation chips, like the R3051/3081
> is that all the grotty clock generation is on chip, and the chip takes a
> simple, single-phase clock input. I've heard that MIPS had trouble building
> R3000 based systems at >25MHz; there's no way I'd try to do a 40MHz system.
> Of course, some of the folks on this list may be more macho than I.
I wasn't familiar with the design problems of the mips 3000.
How hard would it be to just replace the 3730?? So we save $130 and can
use the 36 bit simms. I would think the 24 k cache would make the
interleaved memory even more important.
> The only way I can believe this project might really fly is to stick with
> easy to use parts and keep the design simple. Otherwise it will never get
> done.
I agree I think the ide+floppy+uarts+parallel+game should go on the ISA.
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