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- From: johnm@oakhill.sps.mot.com (John Morris)
- Subject: Re: The end of the MC680X0 UNIX era?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.220443.7788@oakhill.sps.mot.com>
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- Organization: Motorola Semiconductor
- References: <1993Jan12.053218.12579@tscs.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:04:43 GMT
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- In article 12579@tscs.com, gerard@tscs.com (Stephen M. Gerard) writes:
- > There once was a time when if you wanted UNIX, you typically purchased
- > a machine based upon a member of the Motorola MC680X0 family. Our
- > first machine was a 68010, followed by a 68030, then with a 68040 which
- > we still presently have. I have found all to be excellent processors
- > and was looking forward to a 68060. I now have reason to believe that
- > there will be no such beast.
-
- Your fears are unfounded. The 68060 project is very much alive and well.
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- > The reason for my dismal expectations is that I hear that Motorola will
- > not be releasing System V Release 4 for the 680X0 family.
-
- Can't answer that, I have no idea if this is the case or not.
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- > The only reasonable conclusion that this leaves is that there will be *NO* future
- > processors in the 680X0 family and that Motorola has, at least internally,
- > admitted defeat to Intel (yuch!), at least in CISC processors.
-
- NEVER!
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