"Commodore M68K:" What the heck is this?

[Floid]

I'm tired, it's late, and I might be missing some sort of droll British humor here...

...but while searching around, I stumbled across 'Wally Dug's Historical Guide to the Amiga', featuring suspiciously clear (and misspelling-laden) screenshots of this supposed 1983 mystery machine.

So what's the deal?  This is just some incredibly stupid joke, right?

Edit:  Well, yeah, it is, of course...  :roll:

[CaseSwitch]

must be a fake...
1) i would have heard about THAT prototype
2) even if prototype "Motorola" would have been spelled correct, not "Motorolla" ( PIC )
3) technical stuff sounds a bit crazy.

so my thoughts. if i'm false please let me know.


ahh...s*it - i saw it, too. yes, british (but good) humor. *lol*

[bloodline]

Amazing what DPaint, and too much spare time will cause :-D

-Edit- "68055 (68050 plus built-in 68000 for total compatibility)" :roflmao:

-Edit2- http://www.wallydug.demon.co.uk/wallydug/biography.html ;-)

-Edit3- http://www.wallydug.demon.co.uk/wallydug/c_guide/index.htm :lol:

[Floid]

CaseSwitch wrote:


ahh...s*it - i saw it, too. yes, british (but good) humor. *lol*

Heh, well, it seemed familiar, but without exploring the full context of the site, for a few seconds I thought it was taking the tactic of mixing 'real' info in with the BS.  Crap like this gets more plausible as time wears on; the 68k was available then, but seeing more use in odder places ('higher-end' systems... and terminals for 'higher-end' systems -- since vendors like AT&T could charge more for a terminal than Commodore a whole 'computer')... Of course, the 900 is supposedly the more directly-slain precursor in the product lineup, per CBM logic.

...and the legend about Orange/Blue/White/Black being determined by testing old TVs at Los Gatos is apparently safe.