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From: fnf@mcdsun.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Comments on future ASDG products (68020)
Message-ID: <276@mcdsun.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 30-Mar-87 10:30:24 EST
Article-I.D.: mcdsun.276
Posted: Mon Mar 30 10:30:24 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 3-Apr-87 01:12:57 EST
References: <6043@amdahl.UUCP>
Reply-To: fnf@mcdsun.UUCP (Fred Fish)
Organization: Motorola Microcomputer Division
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Keywords: 68020 ASDG MMU cooperation future

In article <6043@amdahl.UUCP> kim@amdahl.UUCP (Kim DeVaughn) writes:
>For myself, I will *demand* having an MMU on my next system, and $30 for
>the *capability* seems a small price to pay on a board that will likely
>cost more than $1K in it's minimum configuration.

Same here.  This is one of the things Apple did right with their new
Mac II.  But besides just having an MMU, having a standard 68K family
MMU is also a big win.  This means that ports of minix, GNU (the OS),
Sys V Unix, BSD Unix, and whatever, that are sure to be available for the
Mac II, will be quickly and easily portable to the Amiga with such a 
68020/68881/68851 combination.  Given that there is already a port of
X windows to the Mac II, that should come over pretty easy also.  Ports to
such a standard configuration will be very attractive to companies that
specialize in such services.  Probably none of this will be true with the
custom MMU path that C-A is apparently following.  Sigh.

-Fred
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