Motorola 68k family ( was Re: Comparison of system specs. )

From: ndiablo_at_diablonet.net <(ndiablo_at_diablonet.net)>
Date: Sat Dec 11 19:31:24 1999

Well, I can't say much from the Amiga side, but after playing around with
Macs for a number of years, I don't think there were really any instances
where instructions were _removed_ that broke software... I do remember
there were a few specific issues when features were _added_ and a lot of
software broke, like when the 68020 macs were introduced with onboard
caches that broke some software that used self-modifying code, and when
the 68040 was introduced with its onboard caches, I think it ended up
breaking some software as well. This is all mac-related stuff, though,
so I don't know if there were ever any similar issues over on the Amiga
side.

-Sean Caron (root_at_diablonet.net)
Received on Sat Dec 11 1999 - 19:31:24 GMT