Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?

["sands-of-iowa" <sands@cableone.com>]

try Newark Electronics they carry the  68000 to 68060
starting at $10

Bob Retelle wrote in message ...
>On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 03:01:37 -0700, "Branko Badrljica"
><brankob@avtomatika.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Matthew Montchalin" <mmontcha@OregonVOS.net> wrote in message
>>Pine.SUN.3.96.1010716125157.20706B-100000@compass.oregonvos.net">news:Pine.SUN.3.96.1010716125157.20706B-100000@compass.oregonvos.net...
>>> On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Branko Badrljica wrote:
>>>
>>> |> Besides, isn't the 6502 limited to 64kB chunks.  Apple simply
>>> |> implemented some sort of paging mechanism to access the 128kB found
>>> |> in later models (IIe/IIc).  Likewise for the 192kB card which I
>>> |> have lying around here, somewhere.  (Though my understanding is
>>> |> the 1MB card for the 8-bit machines used some sort of window into
>>> |> memory.)
>>> |>
>>> |> Byron.
>>> |
>>> |
>>> |Why not using 80386, then ? It has it all- MMU and segmented
>>> |adressing, and one even gets a several 100's bytes of cache ? ;o)
>>>
>>> An unfortunate design defect of the 80386 is that it can't
>>> execute 6502 code.  Maybe if Intel could get its sh* together,
>>> it would design a chip that we here at comp.sys.cbm might
>>> actually be willing to try out.
>>
>>It can emulate it, probably much quicker than 1 or 2 MHz 6502 or Z-80H
>>You wait a year or two and Celeron will be cheaper than 6502 ;o)
>>
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>
>>Branko
>>
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>I wouldn't be too surprised to see that. -
>
>I just did a little poking around to check on prices of Motorola 68020
>and 68030 CPUs, just to see how they would affect the cost of a $300
>system.
>
>Allied Electronics doesn't even stock them any more, but for only $200
>they'll order you a 33Mhz 68020 chip.
>
>That's almost THREE times the cost of a 1Ghz Athlon right now.
>
>(And that's their QUANTITY pricing.  Ouch!)
>
>Supply and demand at work.
>
>
>BobR
>