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- From: Annius Groenink <Annius.Groenink@let.ruu.nl>
- Subject: Re: Hardware and 8MHz 68000 machines
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 11:13:26 +0100 (MET)
- In-Reply-To: <10910.9401230015@earth.ox.ac.uk> from "Stephen Usher" at Jan 23, 94 00:15:06 am
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- Steve Usher writes
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- > Which is why I would suggest that TOS-domain processes should be assumed to
- > be non-relocatable, provided with only contiguous memory and live in
- > physical address space. Of course, all the normal hardware would appear in
- > its physical address space whatever.
-
- Sounds reasonable. Should we add a domain mode, or simply assume that domain
- 1 applications are smart enough to run in virtual memory? I personally think
- it'd be safest to add a domain.
-
- > Hmm... but the majority of Atari users are still running 68000 based
- > machines. This means that we MUST cater for them if at all possible. Hence,
-
- It would be a nice way to finally get the Atari crowd to go for the 030
- and higher ranges if we would say: forget the 68000. I really don't
- understand that even Atari themselves don't see this point. I mean
- 1) developing MiNT and MultiTOS is plainly much harder if one keeps trying
- to keep everything 000 compatible and 2) it is simply going to cost Atari
- money because people will stick to their STs. An average PC user upgrades
- his/her whole system at least three times as often as the average Atari
- user. That's fine, but it shouldn't get out of hand. The 68000 is history.
- Developing a new system supporting history is foolish.
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