Questions about LC040 and 16 bit bus — #5

Post #5 by 360alaska

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	68k
Post Date	Mon, 6 Jul 2015 - 21:43
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/questions-about-lc040-and-16-bit-bus.2307/

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hellslinger said:
Two general questions about LCs and systems with LC040 that I've wondered for a long time:

1. Is it possible to replace the LC040 with 68040 in a system with a socket? Are the pinouts even the same?

2. Why did LCs only have 16 bit data busses instead of 32? How did this really lower the cost of the machine?

The LC040 is the 040 without a built-in floating point unit. There is no pin differences or anything...