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From: urjlew@ecsvax.UUCP (Rostyk Lewyckyj)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k,comp.sys.misc
Subject: Re: Is anyone shipping a 68030 UNIX box?
Message-ID: <4744@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: 8 Mar 88 16:30:07 GMT
References: <390@ontenv.UUCP> <3434@cbmvax.UUCP>
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Summary: So when can we expect a 68030 based Amiga C 3000 ;->

In article <3434@cbmvax.UUCP>, daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) writes:
> in article <390@ontenv.UUCP>, norm@ontenv.UUCP (Norman S. Soley) says:
> > Keywords: 68030
> > Xref: cbmvax comp.sys.m68k:830 comp.sys.misc:1315
> 
> > The subject line says it all. But I'll repeat it. Is anyone aware of a
> > 68030 based UNIX system which is available now or in the near future?
> 
> One caveat here.  It's extremely simple to drop a 68030 into an existing
> 68020/68851 system, and there's a real good chance that the first few
> 68030 systems out the [collective electronics industry] door will be not
> much more than that.  So watch out.  A plain 68030 in a 68020 system can
> give you a bit more performance, but if it's designed in to take advantage
> of more of the 68030's features, expect maybe double the performance of a
> similarly equipped 68020 system.
> 
> -- 
> Dave Haynie  "The B2000 Guy"     Commodore-Amiga  "The Crew That Never Rests"
> 		"I can't relax, 'cause I'm a Boinger!"


The Summary line just about says it all. With April 1, (the silly season),
so close upon us, I can't resist ;-). I think it's time for us to
start a thread on comp.sys.m68k and comp.sys.amiga on designing a
new Amiga [Ranger 3500, C3000] or some other catchy code name (C2001, C2010)?. 
We can have fun now speculating on what we'd like to see, and maybe
by the time an M68050 is announced C= will announce a 68030 based
add on to their P40. ;-)
  
Actually for a while there was a serious discussion in, of all places,
The Computer Shopper, on a public domain design for an open MAC.
This was at a time when Jobs at Apple was insisting on a closed box
with 256-512K of memory. I think that this input did influence the
design of the MAC. They chose a standardized pd buss, SCSI disk
interface, provision for numeric coprocessor. 
 
  You all may flame me if you wish for waste of precious net
  bandwidth. But I want expressly to emphacize that I am not in
  any way blaming Dave for the decisions at C=. The only connetion
  being that he works there and that set me off. Dave is a very
  helpfull person, with his technical explanations on comp.sys.amiga.
  
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