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From: tomj@oakhill.UUCP (Tom Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: 68070 board
Summary: BULL
Keywords: Integrated 68000 68070
Message-ID: <1807@oakhill.UUCP>
Date: 31 Jan 89 20:21:09 GMT
References: <4213@imag.imag.fr> <11986@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <Jan.27.21.54.49.1989.14066@paul.rutgers.edu>
Reply-To: tomj@oakhill.UUCP (Tom Johnson)
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Organization: Motorola Inc., Austin Tx.
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In article <Jan.27.21.54.49.1989.14066@paul.rutgers.edu> jac@paul.rutgers.edu (Jonathan A. Chandross) writes:
>stevel@eleazar.dartmouth.edu 
>> Does anyone know when Motorola will announce their [68070-like highly 
>> integrated cpu]
>
>Never.  I spoke with the designer of the 68070 and he told me that Motorola
>is totally uninterested in the 68000 market now, and prefers to concentrate 
>on the 68030/88000 style ultra-high performance CPU's.  They just aren't 
>interested in 68k style controllers for toasters and microwave ovens.
>
>
>Jonathan A. Chandross
>ARPA: jac@paul.rutgers.edu
>UUCP: rutgers!jac@paul.rutgers.edu

With all due respect to whomever it was you talked to: Motorola has absolutely
no intention of dismissing the MILLIONS of 68000's it sells.  You should
be hearing something in the (relatively) near future about Motorla's plans
along the lines of the 68070.

tomj@oakhill
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|Disclaimer:  I speak officially for only myself.  Motorola rarely listens
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