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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The Next Amiga
Message-ID: <1644@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 7-Apr-87 02:05:06 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1644
Posted: Tue Apr  7 02:05:06 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 10-Apr-87 00:32:49 EST
References: <3367@udenva.UUCP> <6248@ukmj.ukma.ms.uky.csnet>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <6248@ukmj.ukma.ms.uky.csnet> sean@ms.uky.csnet (Sean Casey) writes:
>If Commodore really wants to STICK IT to Apple and IBM, they should develop a
>68030 machine, not 68020.  Put a 64K cache on it and let it scream.  I don't
>care if the graphics are better.  Unix at 6-8 MIPS would sell a lot of Amigas.

It's remarkably hard to develop a machine based on a "paper" chip and not a
very bright idea to hang your future on it.  People waited a long time for
the 68020, longer for it's MMU and are still waiting for advent of second
sourcing and reasonable prices.  Maybe Motorola pull a neat trick a deliver
on time, but for now the best bet is to take the 68020 and put it to good use.

BTW, do you have any ideal how long overdue the Zilog Z80,000 32 bit processor
and Z8070 16/32 bit FPU are now?  "Real Soon Now" -> years**2

-- 
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