'060/PPC deal
> The speed of the PPC is alluring, but what would we run on it? Just
> because it had a ported AmigaDos doesn't mean existing Amiga programs will
> run, not without emulating key custom chips. Sounds like a project for
> someone who really cares.
You don't emulate the custom chips. You put them in there also! Just because
the CPU is different doesn't mean it can't be hooked up to the same or at least
similar custom chips.
Of course the 68K would have to be emulated for the code itself to run, but
that would only be during a transistion to native code which may be just a
re-compile away.
The PowerPC, or any RISC, is important because otherwise the '060 becomes the
end of the road. At some future point people will agree the '060 is too slow,
then where do you go? Best to have at least started on the next generation
which will almost have to be RISC. There will never be a more powerful desktop
followon to the '060 by Motorola.
> I never met a man I didn't like…Will Rogers
Will Rogers never met me. <grin>
—– Andrew