> >"XC" should read "MC", meaning Motorola, not "XC", and the "LC" will be >>absent on a full function chip. >> >>Such a full function chip would read: "MC68040RC33B", and this would decode >>as follows: >> >>MC - Motorola >>68040 - it's an '040 (D'oh) >>RC - ceramic, pin-through-hole package >>33 - 33/66 MHz (33 MHz CPU, using a 66 MHz oscillator) >>B - second revision of the mask set >> >I got out the reading glasses to make sure, and it is "XC" at the beginning >of the string. There is a Motorola trademark on the chip. Is the "XC" only >on the "LC" chip
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