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In article <Jan06.153100.46355@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>, randall@redfish.atmos.colostate.edu (Dave Randall) writes:
|>
|> >   Let's take HP's chip, just for example.  It seems to me that there are two
|> >   ways NeXT could go.  (1) They could port Mach/NeXTstep to HP hardware, or
|> >   (2) they could incorporate an HP cpu into NeXT hardware.
|> > 
|> >   Which is more likely?  What are the advantages and disadvantages of
|> >   each?
|> > -- 
|> In order to do (2), you have to do (1).

This is not really true.  HP hardware is more than just a CPU.  By just
incorporating the HP chip into the existing NeXT hardware philosophy you
save having to port the drivers.  You're then left with such jobs as supporting
(well) the HP's MMU with such things as its virtual address cache.

Luckily Mach already runs on HP harware (I'm reading News with it) so some of
the work is already done.

David.