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- From: ucacmsu@ucl.ac.uk (Mr Stephen R Usher)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k
- Subject: Re: building a low-cost 68030 workstation
- Message-ID: <1992Nov05.140102.29986@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 14:01:02 GMT
- References: <1992Nov4.233638.10631@bnr.ca> <1992Nov05.084519.4559@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk> <1992Nov5.104716.20080@ifi.uio.no>
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- In article <1992Nov5.104716.20080@ifi.uio.no> gunnarr@ifi.uio.no (Gunnar R|nning) writes:
- >
- >In article <1992Nov05.084519.4559@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk>, ucacmsu@ucl.ac.uk (Mr Stephen R Usher) writes:
- >> >Buy Amiga 3000s.
- >> (25MHz 68030 + loads of support chips, dunno if it's got a 68882 as
- >> standard).
- >>
- >> Or Atari TTs (32MHz 68030 + support chips + 68882).
- >
- >The 68882 is standard on Amiga 3000. And the programming environment
- >is much better on an Amiga than on the Atari (IMHO).
- >I'm using Atari's here on the University to program C and Assembly ,and a
- >Amiga 3000 at home.I recommend that you aquire some Amiga 3000's.
-
- It does depend upon what you run on the machines.. on my TT I run a system
- with MiNT as a multi-tasking kernel, my own version of the BSD Unix init(8)
- and a reasonable subset of Unix utilities. The compiler I use if GCC 2.2.2
- with a BSD compatable library.
-
- There are several assemblers out there, all public domain. On the whole the
- TT has a simpler architecture than the A3000.
-
- It does have a VME bus on the back (16D/23A single Eurocard) if you want to
- be able to develop software for external hardware.
-
- I'm not trying to start a flame war, I just think that the TT is a simpler
- architecture to understand and is slightly faster (33MHz v. 25MHz).
-
- >
- >> >
- >> >------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >> >#include <disclaimer.h> Bell-Northern Research
- >> >Scott Mason P.O. Box 3511 Station C
- >> >Internet: mascot@bnr.ca Ottawa, Canada, K1Y 4H7
- >>
- >> Steve
- >> --
- >> Addresses:-
- >> JANET:- ucacmsu@uk.ac.ucl or steve@uk.ac.ox.earth (preferable)
- >> Internet:- ucacmsu@ucl.ac.uk or steve@earth.ox.ac.uk (preferable)
- >
- >***********************************************
- >* Gunnar R|nning | Email:gunnarr@ifi.uio.no *
- >* #include <std.disclaimer> *
- >***********************************************
-
- Steve
-
- --
- Addresses:-
- JANET:- ucacmsu@uk.ac.ucl or steve@uk.ac.ox.earth (preferable)
- Internet:- ucacmsu@ucl.ac.uk or steve@earth.ox.ac.uk (preferable)
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