In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Phoebus R. Dokos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>> >> A 68060@66MHz Q60 will give you about 300 times the processing power >> >> of a QL... not that bad, hue ? >> > >> >Not bad at all... :o) >> > >> >I've been playing with StrongARMs. When Sinclair went away I followed the >> >Acorn route. This is the main reason I'm so out-of-date on the current >> >state of play... ;) >> >>I use RISC OS, as well as QL and PC ... so you are in good company :-) >> >>ARM have made considerable progress with the RISC chips ... they even >>have INTEL on board now, after all these years ... >> >>The problem with the Motorola 68000 series is that they aren't making >>them anymore. > >I beg to differ Malcolm... what about M*Core chips like the DragonBall for >example (Used in Palm OS handhelds or even the 68010 (Used in TI92 >calculators... hehe just bought one... BTW... anybody wants to port QDOS on >it????). Even 68040's and 60s are being produced if I am not mistaken Isn't this the 'embedded' market though, like the ARM chips that are appearing in many exciting products ? It is always the case that new hardware stimulates new software development. What is to follow the 68060 ? -- Malcolm Cadman
