Certain Cisco high-end routers use 68030 processors. I suppose they need quite a bit of processing power, since said routers, if they are not routing packets, are constantly modifying their routing tables to make the process more efficient.
-- Epicenter On 22 Dec 2002 at 4:32, Dana Sibera wrote: > > On Sunday, December 22, 2002, at 04:02 AM, the pickle wrote: > > >> Real-Time handling by the OS. I seem to recall it had a complete 68000 > > > > Yep. Mac Token Ring cards often had 68HC000s on them. Not sure why > > all the > > computational power was required but whatever. Not that anyone really > > uses it > > any more ;) > > Just completely off topic for this thread (but vaguely on topic in a > wider sense :) An apple-branded HP Tape drive from a Q950 that I peeked > into has a 16Mhz 68000. > > That seemed kinda interesting, so I patted it and put it back together > :) > > dana > -- > http://www.danamania.com/ > > > > -- > 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/> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- 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/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
