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From: farren@hoptoad.uucp (Mike Farren)
Newsgroups: net.micro.68k,net.micro.amiga,net.micro.atari16,net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: The Motorola 68030
Message-ID: <1165@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: Tue, 30-Sep-86 23:55:57 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 30 23:55:57 1986
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Reply-To: farren@hoptoad.UUCP (Mike Farren)
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In article <280@husc6.HARVARD.EDU> hadeishi@husc4.UUCP (mitsuharu hadeishi) writes:
>
>'020s are used (as you all know) in Sun workstations, TurboAmigas, etc.
>'286s are used in ATs.  There is really no comparison between the two
>classes of machine.
That's true - there's over 10 times as many '286 machines out there.  There
really ISN'T a comparison...
>
>	Another important point to make is that operating systems implemented on
>the 68000 series chips will run fairly well on the higher-grade chips;
>UNIX, AmigaDos/Intuition, Mac Operating System, ST GEM/TOS, et cetera are
>all capable of taking advantage of the higher-level chips' capabilities
Depends entirely on the foresight and ability of the systems programmer (about
whom, in most cases, I have grave doubts).  Mac OS dies on anything higher than
a 68000...
>
>'386 do?  Run character-stream UNIX and 640K MS-DOS?
You betcha.  At the same time.  Quickly.  With graphics additions as hardware/
software becomes available.

I have said before and I will say again now - religious chip wars are useless
and S*T*U*P*I*D.  All of the debate and struggle gains you not one thing.  
Personally, I'd rather be aware of and comfortable with as many of the 
different architectures/chips/systems available - it makes me that much more
employable (and that much more affluent).  When I look at what power I have
sitting on my desk now, IBM *OR* Amiga or whatever, and compare it with the
most powerful computers available when I started in this business, I find it
really hard to bitch too much about a chip - even, god help me, the 6502.


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                 "... if the church put in half the time on covetousness
Mike Farren      that it does on lust, this would be a better world ..."
hoptoad!farren       Garrison Keillor, "Lake Wobegon Days"