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From: hah@isum.intel.com (Hans Hansen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The Next Amiga
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Date: Wed, 8-Apr-87 15:49:22 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr  8 15:49:22 1987
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In article <1644@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:
>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.
>
>-- 
>George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr

FYI it is my understanding that Motorola is not going to second source the
68020.  Any comments from Motorola are welcome.

Hans