Highspeed CMOS (just updated from the original NMOS version).
The more interesting HC part is the HC001, which has static bus sizing, and some
other hacker friendly features.
Ryan Brooks
ryan(a)inc.net
Paul Thompson wrote:
OK, my curiousity is piqued.
What is the HC in MC68HC000 chips? The one I have is on a DEC RF31
disk drive controller.
Paul
On Tue, 25 May 1999, Pete Turnbull wrote:
> On May 25, 21:47, Tony Duell wrote:
> > Subject: Re: 68020 vs 68EC020
> > >
> > > An A1200 question: what's the difference between the 68020 and
68EC020?
> >
> > I believe the 'EC' version is for Embedded Control, and lacks some of
the
> > functions of the plain 68020 (probably MMU-related or something).
>
> I'm not sure of the other details, but "EC" = "Embedded
Control", as you
> say. According to my Motorola cribsheet, it's a 68020 with only 24-bit
> addressing, without the dynamic bus sizing, ands restricted speed range.
> It does have the co-pro interface, though, and probably most if not all of
> the instruction set (the crib sheet doesn't get very detailed).
>
> --
>
> Pete Peter Turnbull
> Dept. of Computer Science
> University of York
>