Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!andy
From: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A rough future for the Amiga??? I think not.
Message-ID: <10752@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 10 Apr 90 17:15:33 GMT
References: <16192@snow-white.udel.EDU> <1990Apr8.013940.12984@wam.umd.edu> <10715@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1990Apr10.023937.8350@wam.umd.edu>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1990Apr10.023937.8350@wam.umd.edu> ddev@wam.umd.edu (Don DeVoe) writes:
>In article <10715@cbmvax.commodore.com> andy@cbmvax (Andy Finkel) writes:
>OK, in each of the above examples, I count only 1 additional processor which
>operates concurrently wrt i/o, and that meets the Apple ad's requirement:"two 
>additional processors...with the power of two additional personal computers." 
>After all, the Z80 in the C128 only runs under C/PM, during which time the 
>6510 does nothing wrt i/o, right?

You're correct.  (sorry, its been awhile).  However, someone came
up with another example...

the A2000HD has a 68000, a Z80 running the ST506 hard disk interface,
and a 6502 type running the keyboard, all active at the same time.

			andy
>Don DeVoe


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