I am speculating that it was to support compiling code for a version of the Blit. 630MTG used 68000 and DMD5620 used AT&T WE3210. gnot used the 68020.
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 11:18 PM <rt9f.3...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm wondering about the history of the 68000 compiler/tools. Support for > the 68020 makes sense, it had an MMU, but 68000 did not. And it had some > design flaws that prevented it from working correctly with the external > MMU, the 68451. So why does/did Plan 9 have a 68000 compiler? Did Plan 9 > ever run on an MMU-less 68000? > > thx. > *9fans <https://9fans.topicbox.com/latest>* / 9fans / see discussions > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans> + participants > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/members> + delivery options > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription> Permalink > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tf34475f1bb69674a-M62b7ac10b0006c58d077c900> > ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tf34475f1bb69674a-Ma25c671e619d8a057d82c591 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
