I believe, with my very limited hardware knowlege, that EC stands for Embedded Controller. It is a version of a chip designed to be put into some gizmo or other, and just left to get on with it. Usually a cut down version of the full blown chip.
HTH - and if I'm wrong, at least I'll get told :o) Cheers, Norman. ------------------------------------- Norman Dunbar Database/Unix administrator Lynx Financial Systems Ltd. mailto:Norman.Dunbar@;LFS.co.uk Tel: 0113 289 6265 Fax: 0113 289 3146 URL: http://www.Lynx-FS.com ------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Jerome Grimbert [mailto:jerome.grimbert@;atosorigin.com] Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 8:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] QXL II w/ full blown 68040 'EConomic' ? EC models have no FPU and no MMU, IIRC. This email is intended only for the use of the addressees named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not an addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in it, nor copy it, nor inform any person other than Lynx Financial Systems or the addressees of its existence or contents. If you have received this email and are not a named addressee, please delete it and notify the Lynx Financial Systems IT Department on 0113 2892990.