Re: The New IIGS whats your thoughts?

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Dosius wrote:

>"Michael Pender" <mpender@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:<QetMa.9237$JY1.3485@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>...
>> barana <barana24@telstra.com> wrote in message
>> f7e8ce21.0306252234.50e12849@posting.google.com">news:f7e8ce21.0306252234.50e12849@posting.google.com...
>> > stumbled upon this =incredible= project imagine the possiblities; 32
>> > bit gs mpeg u name it !
>> > Just like to open a discussion. Go and have a look yourself
>> > http://c64upgra.de/c-one/ and
>> > http://www.geocities.com/profdredd/commodoreone/cmdrone.html
>> 
>> The C-1 is based on the 65C816, which is a 24-bit chip, not 32 bits.
>> 
>> 32 bits would be cool -- 24 is just a pain in the a**.
>> 
>> Michael Pender
>
>16-bit with 24-bit address bus.  (The 6502 by your spec would have
>been a 16-bit CPU.  Sorry.)
>
>There may be a way to hang another bag on the side of the '816 and add
>a 32-bit mode.  WDM anyone?  We could make our own CPU!
>
>BTW I have thought about creating a completely new CPU based on a
>conflation of the 6502, 68000 and 8086 (!) processor opsets.  Perhaps
>a test could be to stuff it on a daughtercard with a hard drive
>controller and write a 'nix for it.  (It would be a 32-bit CPU)

Yeah, that's what the 658xx needs--another "super-kludge"
mode to extend it yet again...   ;-)

-michael

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