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Duncan Grisby (dpg1@cam-orl.co.uk) spake thusly:
: In article <422sbo$iem@earth.superlink.net>,
:  jk@mars.superlink.net (BlueFyre) writes:
: > Dave Glue (daveacg@interlog.com) wrote:

: [...]

: > : This is pretty weak considering Apple next major OS upgrade won't even
: > : run on _any_ 680X0 machine.  95 will have alienated a _far_ less
: > : current userbase than the next Mac OS.  It looks quite good in
: > : comparison, frankly.
: > 
: > Actually, last time I checked, they were deciding whether they should 
: > make a 680X0 version after the PPC version still.  And even if they 
: > don't, they'll port key parts, such as QuickDraw GX, Open Transport, 
: > QuickDraw 3D, OpenDoc, and WorldScript...

: Presumably there will be a major problem with porting the
: memory protection onto any 680x0 without an MMU -- that's
: all 68000s and 68020s, and quite a lot of 030s and 040s.

All 030s and 040s (except the EC models, which weren't used in Macs) have
an on-die MMU.  The only Macintoshes without MMUs are the 128, 512, 512E,
Plus, SE, II, Classic, and LC.  The Macintosh II has a socket for a
seperate MMU.

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