24 Aug
2006
24 Aug
'06
3 p.m.
--- Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
If you attempt a read larger than 8-bits on an
odd-boundary, the 68000
traps. Not the same as a halt - you are free to
install a trap
handler, but in practice, machines like the Amiga
just went through an
error dump (Guru Meditation) when low-value CPU
traps triggered.
Like a blue screen?
I frequently wonder how history would have changed
if they'd gone with
the 68000 in Boca Raton. ISTR it was more of a cost
issue than
anything else.
I thought there were issues with the 68k in the early
stages. Remember, IBM did build a puter based on it,
some time later albeit, that monstrous lab computer
thing. O man what I wouldn't do for one though...
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