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danamania
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Australia
1193 Posts		 Posted - 01 Apr 2002 :  10:25:28
http://lowendmac.com/practical/02/0401.html

dana
Tallgeese
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USA
523 Posts		 Posted - 01 Apr 2002 :  10:30:00

Wow! I'd never have guessed! And news like this to be reported on April 1st...

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USA
2899 Posts		 Posted - 01 Apr 2002 :  10:44:22
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Wow! I'd never have guessed! And news like this to be reported on April 1st...

warranty (fine print): warranty period expires 5 milliseconds after startup.

would you like to purchase the 15 millisecond extended warranty plan?


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danamania
Official 68k Muse


Australia
1193 Posts		 Posted - 01 Apr 2002 :  10:49:32
quote:

quote:

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Wow! I'd never have guessed! And news like this to be reported on April 1st...

warranty (fine print): warranty period expires 5 milliseconds after startup.

would you like to purchase the 15 millisecond extended warranty plan?

*grin*. that was one of the least bleeding-obvious ones around. Is there soemthing about us mactypes that makes us so easily amused? It's not as if I...

hrm

hang on, yes I am. ahhhwell

:)

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USA
2899 Posts		 Posted - 01 Apr 2002 :  11:45:17
simple pleasures for simpletons . . . . like me!

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Flash
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Australia
637 Posts		 Posted - 02 Apr 2002 :  05:13:10
A 2GHz 040 *drool* Q605's would run so fast their little feets wouldn't touch the ground!

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danamania
Official 68k Muse


Australia
1193 Posts		 Posted - 02 Apr 2002 :  05:43:25
quote:

A 2GHz 040 *drool* Q605's would run so fast their little feets wouldn't touch the ground!

68k MLA ParaMedic

lol! omg lol lol lol. I cackled out loud.

feets!

dana

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~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit


Australia
2822 Posts		 Posted - 02 Apr 2002 :  06:28:52
Ah, what a story! April fools day rocks!

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USA
2899 Posts		 Posted - 02 Apr 2002 :  06:49:07
quote:

quote:

A 2GHz 040 *drool* Q605's would run so fast their little feets wouldn't touch the ground!

68k MLA ParaMedic

lol! omg lol lol lol. I cackled out loud.

feets!

microquadra . . . -----========feets!>


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~Coxy
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Australia
2822 Posts		 Posted - 02 Apr 2002 :  07:29:00
What a cool logo... I think I'll make it up in Canvas!

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Tallgeese
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USA
523 Posts		 Posted - 02 Apr 2002 :  15:07:49

How retro!

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223 Posts		 Posted - 02 Apr 2002 :  19:46:31

The fastest 68k class chip I know of in the Coldfire MCF5407 running at 220Mhz.

The Coldfire chips use the same assembly instructions as the 68040 with some minor changes.

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USA
1559 Posts		 Posted - 02 Apr 2002 :  20:55:34
quote:

The fastest 68k class chip I know of in the Coldfire MCF5407 running at 220Mhz.

The Coldfire chips use the same assembly instructions as the 68040 with some minor changes.


And I bet it's not compatible with the Mac's ROM and not pinout compatible with the '040... ...otherwise that'd make a sa-weet hack!

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USA
523 Posts		 Posted - 02 Apr 2002 :  21:01:58

Vroom!

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USA
2899 Posts		 Posted - 02 Apr 2002 :  21:03:31
quote:

quote:

The fastest 68k class chip I know of in the Coldfire MCF5407 running at 220Mhz.

The Coldfire chips use the same assembly instructions as the 68040 with some minor changes.

And I bet it's not compatible with the Mac's ROM and not pinout compatible with the '040... ...otherwise that'd make a sa-weet hack!


an upgrade board (replacement mobo) for the duo line might be interesting, especially if it was to run Linux without depending on the mac's ROMs.


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Tallgeese
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USA
523 Posts		 Posted - 02 Apr 2002 :  21:07:01

So... who wants to write some new ROMs?

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USA
2899 Posts		 Posted - 02 Apr 2002 :  21:11:35
quote:


So... who wants to write some new ROMs?


open source hardware/firmware project!


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~Coxy
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Australia
2822 Posts		 Posted - 03 Apr 2002 :  07:18:50
Yeah, right...

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Rexzilla
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132 Posts		 Posted - 03 Apr 2002 :  18:36:11
hmm...inane

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Tallgeese
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USA
523 Posts		 Posted - 03 Apr 2002 :  19:38:28

What, are you competing for "Forum Insult Generator" ?

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alcoa
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Albania
543 Posts		 Posted - 03 Apr 2002 :  19:51:32
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What, are you competing for "Forum Insult Generator" ?


who?

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USA
1559 Posts		 Posted - 03 Apr 2002 :  19:52:14
quote:


What, are you competing for "Forum Insult Generator" ?


<surfer_dude/commie>good one, comrade!</surfer_dude/commie> *hi-fives Talgeese*

people need to learn how to kick back and have a good time in the lounge...after all, that's what it's here for...

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Albania
543 Posts		 Posted - 03 Apr 2002 :  20:02:54
quote:

quote:


What, are you competing for "Forum Insult Generator" ?


<surfer_dude/commie>good one, comrade!</surfer_dude/commie> *hi-fives Talgeese*

people need to learn how to kick back and have a good time in the lounge...after all, that's what it's here for...


word!

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USA
1559 Posts		 Posted - 03 Apr 2002 :  20:13:21
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word!

Word...to your microquadra, that is!

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Albania
543 Posts		 Posted - 03 Apr 2002 :  20:18:09
quote:

quote:

word!

Word...to your microquadra, that is!


huh?

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USA
1559 Posts		 Posted - 03 Apr 2002 :  20:24:06
failed attempt at using Vanilla Ice's "Word to your mother" and changing around to fit the 68k context

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USA
523 Posts		 Posted - 03 Apr 2002 :  20:53:43

Wow.. a surfer commie.. what an odd combination!

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USA
1559 Posts		 Posted - 03 Apr 2002 :  21:07:31
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Wow.. a surfer commie.. what an odd combination!


Hmm, I bet he'd have a cool 'board. Firetruck red plus a yellow sickle and hammer at the front...painted on, of course

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~Coxy
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Australia
2822 Posts		 Posted - 03 Apr 2002 :  21:13:23
Picture this t-shirt for uni students:
Blood red background, with a yellow martini glass and plate silhouette in the corner. Big yellow writing: "LET'S GET SOCIAL!"

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Flash
Full Member


Australia
637 Posts		 Posted - 03 Apr 2002 :  22:35:34
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"LET'S GET SOCIAL!"

LOL!

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markymark
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223 Posts		 Posted - 05 Apr 2002 :  04:35:13

The coldfire 68k is a risc chip with a cisc interface.

The complex instructions (cisc) get broken up into simpler instructions (risc) and shoved down the pipeline for processing.

If anyone knows about the Pentium and K6-2 Athlon chips it should sound familar because they are a risc chip with a cisc interface.

Maybe the article is half right.

Apple could be using 2Ghz coldfire chips in it's new macs.

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223 Posts		 Posted - 05 Apr 2002 :  04:48:54

Both the x86 and 68k instructions are cisc and the ppc intructions are risc.

Of course apple would have to recompile OSX with a 68k coldfire compiler and get Motorola to get the speed up to 2Ghz or whatever the speed of the x86 chips is now.


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