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From: zdenko@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Zdenko Tomasic)
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Subject: 88K in the NeXT cube?
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Date: 11 Feb 89 20:34:56 GMT
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What would be required for the cube to host and run 88k RISC card?
Mach should be able to handle 2 processors, right?
One would ,of course, need new compilers or customize GNU stuff.
What about NuBus? 
Could it handle 88k speed, perhaps with a lot of cacheing?
I suppose "mainframe chips" should get a good workout without suffocating.
88k might just be a quick way to get a good performance of untuned NeXT specific
stuff :-)

Now, let's open discussion (with flames if necessary).

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