Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!hoptoad!gnu From: gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) Newsgroups: net.micro.68k Subject: Re: The Motorola 68030 Message-ID: <1172@hoptoad.uucp> Date: Thu, 2-Oct-86 16:40:24 EDT Article-I.D.: hoptoad.1172 Posted: Thu Oct 2 16:40:24 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 4-Oct-86 06:39:34 EDT References: <2270@gitpyr.UUCP> <7637@sun.uucp> <729@sauron.UUCP> <200@mipos3.UUCP> Organization: Nebula Consultants in San Francisco Lines: 16 In article <200@mipos3.UUCP>, Ken Shoemaker writes: > Should I feel vindicated that Mot > has finally decided that on-chip memory management is a good idea? Yes. > And > what about performance? Why would a new, ultra-high end user choose > the 68030 over, say, the Clipper, or the MIPS chips... Good question. Why would they choose the 80386 over these chips? It's probably a very similar set of reasons. (you get extra bonus credit if you just THINK about this and don't POST!) -- John Gilmore {sun,ptsfa,lll-crg,ihnp4}!hoptoad!gnu jgilmore@lll-crg.arpa May the Source be with you!