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From: henry@ginger.sri.com (Henry Pasternack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k
Subject: More on the generic 68000 system.
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Date: 2 Feb 90 00:41:06 GMT
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   Thanks, again, to the people who have been sending me advice
on my 68000 project.  I'm sorry that some of the replies have
been bouncing, and I can't figure out how to get back to you
personally.  But don't think I don't appreciate the feedback!

   I have another question.

   I think I can extort an old IBM PC out of my father.  Would it
be possible, convenient, or advantageous to build a system on the
PC bus, and basically configure the Intel chip as a co-processor?
The advantage would be that the PC motherboard would intially
serve as a development environment for the 68020, with a lot of
software tools already available in MS-DOS.  Later, the 68020 would
become the focus of the system, and the PC would sort of fade into
the background (where it belongs).  It would be convenient if the
full power of the 68020 could be exploited, while allowing compatibility
with standard PC peripheral boards.

   Comments?  Is this just a complication?  Has anyone ever tried such
an approach?

-Henry