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From: chen@digital.sps.mot.com (Jinfu Chen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: TT upgrades
Keywords: 88000
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Date: 11 Feb 91 18:29:09 GMT
References: <1991Feb2.041933.3958@cs.mcgill.ca> <1991Feb7.213305.26568@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> <16037@milton.u.washington.edu> <1991Feb8.010109.396@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>
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In article <1991Feb8.010109.396@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> vsnyder@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Van Snyder) writes:
>The 68030 and 68040 are obsolete because:
>2.  Motorola has only two REAL 680x0 customers left: Apple and Motorola.  NeXT
>    might pick up some slack, but not more than 2-3% in the foreseeable future.

Don't forget HP/Apollo, Unisys, NCR, Atari, Commodore, Force Computer, just
to name a few. And both unit/dollar sales of 680x0 based products are much
higher than the 88k lines.

There is no doubt 88k is superior than 680x0, but there are still large
customer base sitting on 680x0 codes.

Disclaimer: Motorola doesn't know we have net access.
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