General 68000 hardware inquiry

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There was a window of oppertunity for a C64 with a Z80 for some more processing power

What screwed Commodore was downsizing essential development (R&D), nonexistant advertising, lack of straight line of model features. This seems to be caused by Gould allowing Ali (and other?) which lacked visions and were technological incomptent in to a controlling position.

Customers just won't spend money on the same crap in different packaging. It better have some cool features in the hardware.

Conclusion: Spend R&D, advertise, save money for hard times, have a vision!

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Alpha seemed neat too, Guess PowerPC were too. But all good processors seems to vanish. Or is there any currently nice processor that is resonable priced?

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Because Gould likely believed he had hired a competent manager and stuck with it until it was too late.

Money doesn't equal good judgment, though they may coincide. He might still be smart but in this case it failed.

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Maybe FPGA:s is the "new Amiga". In the sense that they offer custom power. NOT in the sense that they can implement the original Amiga.

Thought the PS2 analogy is interesting.