Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!brolga!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!lance!kirk!cameron From: cameron@kirk.nmg.bu.oz (Cameron Stevenson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: RISC Amiga Message-ID: <2618@kirk.nmg.bu.oz> Date: 31 Oct 90 00:17:40 GMT References: <1156@iceman.jcu.oz> Organization: Network Management Group, Bond University, Australia Lines: 15 From article <1156@iceman.jcu.oz>, by cpca@iceman.jcu.oz (C Adams): > I found this in comp.sys.m88k ...... > > So what would we want a RISC Amiga to be based on, 88k? Sparc? i860? MIPS? > What about compatibility with existing software? What about using one of the best microprocessors on the market... Fairchild's Clipper chipset. This set gives a good balance of RISC and CISC in the one set, and is blindingly fast. Anyway, this sort of discussion normally belongs in other newgroups. Cheers for now... Cameron Stephenson Bond University Gold Coast Australia