Re: [ql-developers] K68 Core

2003-07-19 Thread Peter Graf
Phoebus wrote: That's excellent news... I was under the impression... or at least talk and Motorola's own press releases gave me that impression, that the situation was very bleak. Will see also how Motorola will go ahead with the publicised full compatibility with the 68K (and the ultra high

Re: [ql-developers] K68 Core

2003-07-14 Thread Peter Graf
Phoebus wrote: Legality is a big issue. I came across this while I was reading about a ZX81-on-a-chip clone (T80 core). I thought that it would be a good alternative when Motorola gives up the 68K family. As for the new Coldfires... have you seen : a. Their prices?, b. That Motorola won't make

Re: [ql-developers] K68 Core

2003-07-14 Thread Phoebus Dokos
On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 08:59:26 +0200, Peter Graf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phoebus wrote: Legality is a big issue. I came across this while I was reading about a ZX81-on-a-chip clone (T80 core). I thought that it would be a good alternative when Motorola gives up the 68K family. As for the new

Re: [ql-developers] K68 Core

2003-07-14 Thread BRANE
SNIP StrongARM? IMHO not nearlz powerfull enough for this and not so easily obtainable. Only Intel makes those 200+ MHz chips, others like Atmel etc make much slower units

Re: [ql-developers] K68 Core

2003-07-13 Thread BRANE
Yeah. I have seen it. A couple of questions/remarks: -is this legal ? I remember contacting MC regarding making MC68000 in FPGA some years ago and their answer was a firm NO- they would not allow me to use 68000 ISA. - there is a related project somewhere, called IIRC V68000, which has the

Re: [ql-developers] K68 Core

2003-07-13 Thread BRANE
, cost and money are... Also, Hitachi makes nice things, but those are AFAIK not MIPS-compatible Branko - Original Message - From: Phoebus Dokos [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 12:09 AM Subject: Re: [ql-developers] K68 Core On Sun, 13 Jul