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From: kosma%stc-sun@stc.lockheed.com (Monty Kosma)
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Subject: A rough future for the Amiga??? I think not.
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Date: 10 Apr 90 19:52:57 GMT
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   From: Andy Finkel <andy@cbmvax.commodore.com>
   Date: 9 Apr 90 17:48:23 GMT

   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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   Commodore-Amiga, Inc.

   "Not everything worth doing is worth doing well."

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what about the Z80 on my A2090? Doesn't that count for anything?