On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 10:33:50PM +0000, Mark Benson wrote: > I've just spoken to a guy who is on a team designing and building a > 220MHz Motorola Coldfire (cut down 68k thingy that runs FASSSTT) > upgrade card for the Commodore Amiga.
Supposedly, Motorola clocks '040s up to 1GHz for some ebedded applications running old OS and software, but needing modern power. I know that when I was working in a spook shop, they had some very fast 68k stuff running, far faster than anything in consumer desktops. I used to run some embedded applications using '040 and '060 systems, and they were faster than the Apple stuff, and this was in 1995. The 68k series is surprisingly good at moving data, graphics, and other things. Much better than the same level from Intel. > Don't you wish there were people around that would do that for the 68k > Mac? We could have a Quadra out-performing a mid-range 604e if we did > it right :( Yeah, no kidding. Put another way, wouldn't it be nice if computers were a lot more modular, especially when the share the same processor family, so that upgrades could continue for years? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
