From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 30912 invoked from network); 4 Feb 2021 01:18:35 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 4 Feb 2021 01:18:35 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8AAF69C9D9; Thu, 4 Feb 2021 11:18:33 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC08C9C0A7; Thu, 4 Feb 2021 11:18:23 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=kilonet.net header.i=@kilonet.net header.b="Fw5B9Fau"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 1BD3D9C0A7; Thu, 4 Feb 2021 11:18:22 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 438 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:18:21 AEST Received: from p3plsmtpa08-04.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (p3plsmtpa08-04.prod.phx3.secureserver.net [173.201.193.105]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2DC879BA40 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 2021 11:18:21 +1000 (AEST) Received: from medusa.kilonet.net ([108.30.24.253]) by :SMTPAUTH: with ESMTPA id 7TAklKkFMvsua7TAllp34n; Wed, 03 Feb 2021 18:11:03 -0700 X-CMAE-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=Utami88B c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=601b49a7 a=DPaANz7MSPdDiKJlpBZCUg==:117 a=DPaANz7MSPdDiKJlpBZCUg==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=qa6Q16uM49sA:10 a=8G6f_xP7xD6upfQrPTYA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 X-SECURESERVER-ACCT: krewat@kilonet.net Received: from [199.89.231.101] (ender.kilonet.net [199.89.231.101]) by medusa.kilonet.net (8.14.8/8.15.1) with ESMTP id 1141B2KA009079 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 2021 20:11:02 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kilonet.net; s=default; t=1612401062; bh=f6slpkKWei+1EqU02Nww1cCHdnIQ8g97sD4BLvK9wP4=; h=Subject:To:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To; b=Fw5B9FauXudB3ytzSuaLjQbQ83nHvMktppaGeSRFN8vEfFsv4TVi7/YEiMJqgAQ6A 2cUSMkBSiGnQFNyNQlndjIkkyDvrNrApTuHokWRpN/KURGeRWNKFNI6fJJtePZumFH /qUlHHD9JaRwTi7d0IEvhadIs0nxheVDU4sn1tzw= To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org References: <202102030759.1137x7C2013543@freefriends.org> <202102030858.1138wuqd011051@freefriends.org> <27567.1612399305@hop.toad.com> From: Arthur Krewat Message-ID: Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2021 20:10:58 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <27567.1612399305@hop.toad.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfH0ELIieve/pSSuDHEznOOojEXeGqmfd5BLRTHFAXZjKSp8gU63CHN2TtRXO5lTcB+pfwJq1/tiOcdEK+gproceliOf7CdOzhvk+aN8C1OxWPAWVP1UU 3pCH6+oYmyahyZeztUkaA4icKlFwBEh3UxrDKS7gB9eGpEQRIKLdgFARI3ahx3XHA+B5l2ujdH+ZvA== Subject: Re: [TUHS] 68k prototypes & microcode X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 2/3/2021 7:41 PM, John Gilmore wrote: > When the 68000 was announced, it was obviously head-and-shoulders better > than the other clunky 8-bit and 16-bit systems, with a clean 32-bit > architecture and a large address space. The 68K always reminded me of the VAX. art k.