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Subject: Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
From: "william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 08:41:18 GMT
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"Byron Desnoyers Winmill" <wbdesnoy@acs5.acs.ucalgary.ca> wrote in message
news:9itqpg$poi$1@nserve1.acs.ucalgary.ca...
>
> Hardware:
>  - 68000, about 10MHz
>  - 4MB to 8MB RAM
>  - ROM based OS (patched in RAM)
>  - 2 or 4 RS-232 ports
>  - 2 parallel ports
>  - an AD convert, with 4 inputs and 2 outputs
>  - 8"x4" LCD screen, high resolution,
>    high contrast, black and white is fine
>  - semi-portable design (something which can
>    be moved while I'm working, but not something
>    which I work on while moving)
>  - 64MB to 256MB RAM with battery backup, for
>    storing documents.  Or use flash memory if
>    it is cheap enough.
>  - HD 3.5" floppy, for communicating with my
>    other machines
>
You couldn't get that much ram on a 68000 because it only
has a 24 bit memory bus.  You would have to go to a 68030
or so to get the wider data path.
<snip>
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