Re: All this talk of a new GS...

[Jonas Bevren <jbevren@yahoo.com>]

On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Frank Carney wrote:

> What about an embedded processor like a 386 or 486 running an optimized
> IIGS core.  Virtual memory would be easier considering the 386 and up
> has it built into the chip.  Then you would have a super fast processor
> using cheap hardware.  You could have an effective 4 gigabyte address
> space!  Well, something like that anyway.

If you look closely, you'll see that a K6II-400 is cheaper than you'll find
most embedded 386s and 486s these days.  PII-400's sell for $100 at a
certain irritating auction site <grin> quite often.  Cyrix cpu's, with their
quite superior integer math machine, are almost a dime a dozen =)

-Jonas