At 03:26 27/03/2002, you wrote:
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.
Quite correct. It actually makes it an ideal hobbyist processor - simpler
bus interface, etc. It was also quite a bit cheaper, IIRC, than the 68000
when new.
The 68000 I think too used a 8 x clock so the real
clock speed is
a lot slower than it seems.
I'm not sure about clock speeds. I'm pretty sure the QL's is 4MHz or
thereabouts, BICBW.
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