Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!nuchat!peter
From: peter@nuchat.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The REAL problem is the nature of personal computers.
Message-ID: <607@nuchat.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jan 88 17:47:22 GMT
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In article <2965@killer.UUCP>, jdp@killer.UUCP (Jim Pritchett) writes:
> In article <528@nuchat.UUCP>, peter@nuchat.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes:
> > We is talking the cost of one little MMU chip. Given the number of custom
> > chips in the machine already, surely they could have come up with this?
> 
>      Remember that the Motorola 68851 chip is still very expensive.  By the
> way, does anyone out there know what the current price for them is?

You don't need a 68851 to support UNIX. All you need is a base register to
relocate 0, and a bounds register to protect other tasks. I'm sure adding
base and bounds registers to Gary would be a lot cheaper than a 68851.
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