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- From: root@wombat.hanse.de (Bernd "Bernie" Meyer)
- Subject: Re: Motorola pricelist (was RE: CPU MHz in A1200+)
- Organization: Private uucp site lost in the voids of the black hole Germany is in the Internet
- Message-ID: <DLIBK1.7v5@wombat.hanse.de>
- References: <wfblanDKJ8Cw.1tn@netcom.com> <4car2m$76h@serpens.rhein.de> <96017.131924IO92257@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> <wfblanDLFzsu.4G6@netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 01:16:49 GMT
-
- wfblan@netcom.com (Wells Fargo Bank) writes:
-
- >The next
- >step would be to make the CPU useable WHILE the 68030 is being used, in
- >whatever manner it can be used.
-
- >As you say, "I'm sorry, but this cannot be that hard to do."!!
-
- If you support that quote, you have obviously never tried to construct a
- multiprocessor machine :-)
-
- Even hooking up 4 Z80s to a common memory needs a lot of glue logic and
- careful planning (and a fast memory, plus local memory for each processor).
-
- >Other than Dave Haynie (I believe it was) saying this was next to impossible,
-
- I think that is quite enough of an argument against it. I may not always agree
- with Dave on his views about Software, but he definitely is an engineer
- who knows what he is talking about!
-
- >How about it developers. Who will be the first?
-
- Not me.... Maybe once linux/68k incorporates the SMP functionality. But
- that still woudln't solve the hardware nightmare....
-
- Bernie
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