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From: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A rough future for the Amiga??? I think not.
Message-ID: <10715@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 9 Apr 90 17:48:23 GMT
References: <16192@snow-white.udel.EDU> <1990Apr8.013940.12984@wam.umd.edu>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax (Andy Finkel)
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In article <1990Apr8.013940.12984@wam.umd.edu> ddev@wam.umd.edu (Don DeVoe) writes:
>use coprocessors to help relieve the main processor. No. The actual quote is
>as follows: "...It is also the first personal computer to have two 
>additional processors - with the power of two additional personal computers -
>to manage the flow of information inside." Now consider: Do the Amiga's
>blitter, copper, etc. themselves have the power of additional personal
>computers???  Nope, they don't.  The IIfx uses, I believe, two 6502 to

The Amiga 500, 1000 and 2000 each have a 6502 as well as a 68000.

(the A2500 has a 6502, a 68000, and a 68020  or 68030; however,
since the 68000 and 68020/030 are not active at the same time)

To get a machine with two additional processors, we'd have to
go back to the C128D, which its 6510, its Z80, and its 6502 running
the disk drive.

			andy
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