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In article <peldorCH...@netcom.com>, pel...@netcom.com (Mitch Burton) writes:
>>You appear to be a big Jag fan.  Well, I am undecided, but I dont like 
>>how Atari claims its a 64 bit system when it actualy uses a 16bit 68000 
>>(Same found in the Genesis and Macintosh) as its cpu.  Yes, it has a 64 
>>bit data path and special chips for gfx and stuff, but that 68000 (Which 
>>makes it a cheap system to produce) is going to hurt it in the long run.
> 
> Well hell.  I don't know WHAT to think about the Jag anymore.  I've
> heard so much contradictory info on it it's simply not funny.  Here's
> a quick list :
> 
>         1) two RISC chips
>         2) one 64bit RISC chip and a 32bit DSP(?) chip
>         3) a 68000 (16bit)
>         4) 68000 for handling I/O, whateverthehell that means.

Maybe if we vivisected one...? :>  Seriously, does anyone KNOW, like a game
or tech magazine article ref. about it?  (Popular Science put it as a sideline
to Panasonic's 3DO, so I really know nothing about it)

> 
> There's more, I'm not going to list it all..
> 
> Oh yeah : 
> 
>        If you think they still make Macs with 68000 processors,
>           you just don't know what you're talking about.
> 
> I think the most recent mac with a 68000 is the Mac SE, or maybe the
> Mac Classic.  (Dunno if the Classic II has 68000 or 68020, but in
> any case noone buys those :) )

People buy Macs?  Weird...:>  If Macs are so much easier to use, why do you
have to go to so many steps to eject a disk from a disk drive (pull disk icon
over to trash, etc) when you just hit a button for IBMs?  (Ironic observation
of the day guys, and don't bother treating this paragraph seriously...I
didn't!) :>

Keith N.h.				sl...@cc.usu.edu
"Utah...I can't believe I'm still in Utah..."
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