Subj : Re: Perifractic acquired Commodore
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Rug Rat
Date : Wed Sep 10 2025 05:28 pm

On Tue  9-Sep-2025 11:39p, Sean Dennis@1:18/200.0 said to Rug Rat:
SD>  RR> I would imagine that if they bring the "Amiga" back,
SD>  RR> most of the legacy stuff would still be using
SD>  RR> emulation, as you would need some way to run legacy
SD>  RR> 68XXX code.  Similar to what Apple did when they
SD>  RR> transitioned from the architecture to Intel, and later
SD>  RR> to Apple Silicone.

SD> Those Motorola 68000 processors were really something, weren't they?

They were, it is too bad Motorola could not keep up with the power/performance curve.  Though I will say, I loved the functionality of the Intel Mac Pro's (Cheese Grater).  The versatility of being able to run Intel VMs on them for experimenting and standing up servers was AWESOME!

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