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Re: Your favorite Motorola. (68k)
« on: September 28, 2005, 04:18:27 PM »
There were rumours that a 68050 part was designed but then scrapped. I don't think they are true. Motorola seemed to use the even tens increments for major changes to the 680x0 series and the odd tens increments for smaller changes.

Anyway, don't forget the 68070 (although that's by Phillips and definately not an upgrade to the 060).

There's also the CPU32 line which are interesting in their own way, and of course the coldfire series.

From a programming perspective, I like the 68020 as a starting point. The scaled index addressing mode (aX,dY.w|l*N) is very useful although on the 68020 you are just as well to calculate it yourself unless you are short of registers.

Other stuff added to the 68020, such as bitfield operations are also interesting but not a great deal of use due to the number of cycles they take.
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Re: Your favorite Motorola. (68k)
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2005, 05:49:52 PM »
Mine would be the 68040 as it was on my first accelerator card for the A1200.

I'd quite like an 060 upgrade to my bppc but I don't see myself doing that any time soon ;-)
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Re: Your favorite Motorola. (68k)
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2005, 09:47:41 AM »
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@Lemmink:

Seriously. This idiot should really get banned once and for all, as I am sick and tired of reading his nonsense throughout every single Amiga portal, including Usenet...actually especially on Usenet.

Ive, get help and soon.


Well, I agree that this guy appears to be half a dozen cans short of a six pack. Still, I don't think being incomprehensible most of the time is actually against the TOS. "What is your favourite 680x0?" is a fair enough question IMHO.
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