Branching the thread away from Compaq deskpro boards: "What We Have Lost"

dave.g4ugm at gmail.com dave.g4ugm at gmail.com
Sun Aug 1 14:06:36 CDT 2021



> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of ben via cctalk
> Sent: 01 August 2021 19:46
> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Branching the thread away from Compaq deskpro boards: "What
> We Have Lost"
> 
> On 2021-08-01 12:32 p.m., Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
> 
> > Would the 68K have succeeded if it were not for Apple and Commodore?

Atari used it as well. It also saw a lot of use in embedded cards for other systems

> >
> > --Chuck
> I suspect if they had the proper virtual memory, it would have been picked
> up as a Unix cpu, instead. It is the only common non segemented 16 bit cpu I
> can think in that time frame.
> Ben.
> 
> 


Dave



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