Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!ria!obelix!ptoper From: ptoper@obelix (Andy Nagy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT-bashing party (hit "n" if you're not interested :-)) Message-ID: <2577@ria.ccs.uwo.ca> Date: 27 Mar 91 20:31:56 GMT References: <4aQk02L406l501@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> <1991Mar17.031448.26855@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <15L002.N06Qt01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> <1991Mar26.043648.17656@NCoast.ORG> Sender: news@ria.ccs.uwo.ca Reply-To: ptoper@obelix (Andy Nagy) Distribution: na Lines: 31 In article <4aQk02L406l501@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>, kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard) writes: [stuff deleted] > Not that easy. More pins on a '040 some of those pins are power pins. > The '040 doesn't have the full 68882 built into it. This means that > either you have to trap the instructions and provide emulation via the OS > or you can recompile all your applications. The '040 is NOT just a drop > in replacement for an '030. How much (functionally) has been left out of the 68040 that the 68882 has? [more stuff deleted] > >I know NOBODY who fits all three of these, and very few who know 1 want to > >do 2 or 3. (Like working on Intel machines) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I happen to like Intel machines for some applications. Engineering > software. It's cheaper than any other platform, more polished and more > abundant. Only on MS-DOS you say, pity. [more stuff deleted] > > Dave > /* Kent L. Shephard : email - kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com */ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andy Nagy (ptoper@gaul.csd.uwo.ca) The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada "Dee do do do, dee da da da, thats all I want to say to you" -- The Police