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From: timothym@tekigm2.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: 386 PC vs Sun
Message-ID: <1068@tekigm2.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 9-Oct-86 13:09:39 EDT
Article-I.D.: tekigm2.1068
Posted: Thu Oct  9 13:09:39 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 10-Oct-86 08:45:47 EDT
References: <1028@tekigm2.UUCP> <264@iscuva.UUCP>
Reply-To: timothym@tekigm2.UUCP (Timothy D Margeson)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
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In article <264@iscuva.UUCP> jimc@iscuva.UUCP (Jim Cathey) writes:
>
>Huh?  I don't see how the 68000 family is compatible with the 6800
>series, they have different architectures ... different object code...  As I
>recall, Mot specifically stated ...   The only compatibilities I see are 
>the '68' in the part number, and the fact that they share the same *hardware*
>
>Get it right.

I did get it right. Intel 8086 series processors are in no way software 
compatible with 8080 processors (try running ANY 8080 code on an 8086 based
machine hardware). They are HARDWARE compatible though, as are 6800 and
68000 processors. Bite your own lip please (:-).

Tim Margeson (206)253-5240
PO Box 3500  d/s C1-937                          @@   'Who said that?'  
Vancouver, WA. 98668

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