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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Madshib on March 07, 2014, 02:29:55 PM

Title: Falcon 060 100mhz vs A1200 030 50mhz
Post by: Madshib on March 07, 2014, 02:29:55 PM

I saw this come over in an email thread as I am subscribed to the m68k Debian mailing list and thought it was very interesting

https://lists.debian.org/debian-68k/2014/03/msg00001.html

There are clear architecture differences between the platforms, but I though it was worth sharing.

Title: Re: Falcon 060 100mhz vs A1200 030 50mhz
Post by: Gulliver on March 07, 2014, 02:48:02 PM

Interesting...
I guess the problem of the poor Falcon performance is the lack of 68k developers for linux that have access to such obscure Falcon hardware.

Title: Re: Falcon 060 100mhz vs A1200 030 50mhz
Post by: XDelusion on March 08, 2014, 12:59:49 AM

A shame too because those puppies ain't cheap!

Title: Re: Falcon 060 100mhz vs A1200 030 50mhz
Post by: Madshib on March 08, 2014, 02:20:36 AM

Apparently it is an old discussion around linux and memory management with both platforms. Apparently there is a lack of resource for those that know both the specifics about memory mapping and linux to support the effort of bringing it up to speed.

Still incredible to see a modern OS on such classic hardware. Well, as modern as m68k linux can be that is at this point.