Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!nuchat!sugar!peter
From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 68030 and 68040 specs
Message-ID: <1433@sugar.UUCP>
Date: 4 Feb 88 17:07:29 GMT
References: <30785R38@PSUVM> <1432@sugar.UUCP>
Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
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In article <1432@sugar.UUCP>, ssd@sugar.UUCP (Scott Denham) writes:
> In PC-Week several weeks ago Spencer Katt reported some interesting 
> rumors about work going on at Apple with prototypes of the '040. According
> to this source, the chip will include full on-chip emulation of the Intel
> '286 instruction set as one sub-mode. He reckons that given timely  
> marketing of a MAC-II (MAC-III?) based on this chip, with PC-DOS 
> capability on-chip, Apple could really kick some big blue a.. I'm 
> inclined to agree!

I hope that they really emulate the virtual-8086 mode of the 80386, instead
of 80286 protected mode. The 80286 is a dead-end, really. There is still
no protected mode DOS (OS/2 notwithstanding), but much is being made of the
virtual-8086 mode.

I'll bet the first commercial 68040 product will be a CSA board, though.
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