Date   : Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:21:09 -0000
From   : dm.hunt@... (David Hunt)
Subject: 32016 + 32082

> I've just acquired a 32016 Second Processor, and I've noticed that this
> one has a 32082 MMU on board.
> 
> Anyone know in what contexts this provides any benefits ?
> Because no pictures on the net seem to show one (it's just an empty
> space, not even a socket). So I suppose it is
> (optionally) useful when running some version of Panos (I have both 1.1
> and 1.4).

Just a thought, but I seem to recall that the 32016 and support chips were a
real hassle to get working together, they were also hideously expensive.
Adding the MMU would have probably reduced the chances of working system,
hugely increased the cost of an already difficult to sell product and
looking at the datasheet for the 32082, it decreases the performance of the
already cripplingly slow 32016. Of course, you can disable it and if you
haven't got Xenix for it (lost in the mists of time) then there would be
little point in an MMU so best leave solder pads for geeks and nerds to
ponder over :)

Dave