Adrian Vickers wrote:
> The pro market was sort of catered for by the Thor, started as a QL in a
> big beige box with a beige monitor and XT-style keyboard. It moved on quite
> rapidly, eventually becoming an accomplished 68000 (not 68008) machine with
> an improved OS (SMS/Q - still alive & well today). Unfortunately, the Thor
> was too late - the IBM PC had already begun to claim dominance, primarily
> due to the rapidly emerging clone mark
Lets not forget the 68008 was a slow chip because all instructions on
the 68000 was 2 or 4 or 6 bytes long and the 68008 only had a 8 bit
buss. The 68000 I think too used a 8 x clock so the real clock speed is
a lot slower than it seems.
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Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
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Received on Tue Mar 26 2002 - 21:26:15 GMT