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From: Skip Tavakkolian <skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com>
To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] 2c/2l make sense, but why 1c/1l?
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 13:49:40 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJSxfmJikjMcO20RFDLZAZkWEQoB7kZLoM6kGth933=mLWDVtw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16140646610.c6B80.99174@composer.9fans.topicbox.com>

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I am speculating that it was to support compiling code for a version of the
Blit. 630MTG used 68000 and DMD5620 used AT&T WE3210.
gnot used the 68020.


On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 11:18 PM <rt9f.3141@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm wondering about the history of the 68000 compiler/tools.  Support for
> the 68020 makes sense, it had an MMU, but 68000 did not.  And it had some
> design flaws that prevented it from working correctly with the external
> MMU, the 68451.  So why does/did Plan 9 have a 68000 compiler?  Did Plan 9
> ever run on an MMU-less 68000?
>
> thx.
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-02-24 21:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-23  7:17 rt9f.3141
2021-02-23 10:29 ` Steve Simon
2021-02-24 19:59   ` Anthony Sorace
2021-02-24 20:14 ` Joseph Stewart
2021-02-24 23:26   ` Charles Forsyth
2021-02-24 23:29     ` Charles Forsyth
2021-02-25  1:02     ` Joseph Stewart
2021-02-25 11:39     ` Ethan Gardener
2021-02-24 21:49 ` Skip Tavakkolian [this message]
2021-02-28 21:12   ` rt9f.3141

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