Re: [ql-users] Hardware platforms

[Roy Wood]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ZN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
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It's only a pity that Mot. decided to deprive us of the component most
suited for a 'QL-stamp' - the 68306 (IIRC). The closest to it right now are
the Dragonballs (68328 in all it's versions). There is one V2 coldfire that
could do the trick too, and although not completely compatible with 68k,
this is a case where it would not be a great problem as it would not run
any of the traditional QL apps (so the SMSQ/QDOS/Minerva source could just
be recompiled via microAPL's cross-compiler), but in this case the benefit
to the community is not very big, unless a way is found to funnel the
financial proceeds back into it.

Insider talk has it that Motorola will soon pull out of chip manufacture altogether.
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