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From: wetter@tybalt.caltech.edu (Pierce T. Wetter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: When will MacOS get virtual memory?
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Date: 8 Oct 88 11:21:05 GMT
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   It seems to me that the whether the '68000' is a good chip or not
debate is missing a point or two.

 The 68000 is a very 'old' chip. When the 68000 was introduced, it was
the state of the art in microprocessors. You could buy a 68000 microcomputer
since what, 1976 or so?

  Criticizing the 68000 for not having support for various "modern" features
is like criticizing Newton for not knowing Quantum Physics. The 68000 made 
small, powerful computers available to a lot of people. These people went on 
to invent better ways to do things. OF COURSE THE 68000 doesn't support them
they weren't invented yet. The 68000, by allowing you to address 16 Meg of
memory was ahead of its time. Remember, people used to build MAINFRAMES with
64k of memory and 10 meg of disk space (and lots and lots of tape drives.)

   The state of the art is NOT the 68000 ANYMORE. Don't lambaste the 68000 for
not having various features. It didn't need them. Now that microcomputers need
more power, we have the 68020, 030 and the 88000 series. They're the future,
not the 68000.

  Of course, if you want to talk about brain-damaged microprocessors, what
about the 68008. The 8-bit version of the 68000. 32/16 I can understand, but
32/8?

Pierce  
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