[ATARI] [Fwd: "Coldfire Atari"]

[Luis Manuel Asensio Royo]

Dennis Vermeire wrote:

Hola a todos,

Más datos sobre el nuevo ordenador que Medusa systems quiere fabricar.
En principio le han puesto el nombre Pegasus. La info la he extraído del
grupo de noticias comp.sys.atari.st. También hay más datos (en polaco9
sobre este ordenador en kawecki.atari.org y son muy interesantes...

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> From: Lonny Pursell <fatal at SYNTAX.ERROR>
> Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 22:49:14 +0000
> 
> Hi Lonny,
> 
> >This is also my concern.  Pity the website, or articles do not
> >give clear indication about the exact CPU arrangement.  It happens
> >to effect how one might react, or at least it does me.
> Well, the article in the German STC magazine is very conclusive:
> 
> Q: What processor will be used in the Pegasus?
> A: The new computer will use the Coldfire processor from Motorola. It is the
> 68060 successor.
> 
> Q: Why have you choosen the Coldfire? Isn't the PowerPC a more logical step?
> and what makes the Coldfire so interesting for an Atari clone?
> A: The Coldfire is software compatible with the 680x0
> 
> Q: How fast is a Coldfire "Atari" compared to a Hades060?
> A: About three times faster.
> 
> Q: Is the Coldfire compatible with the 680x0 range? what parts are missing and
> should perhaps need to be emulated?
> A: Missing in the Coldfire are the FPU and MMU. Since these parts were missing
> in many of the previous TOS based computers I expect no problems. The hardware
> ofcourse is not compatible to a ST or TT, but since the Coldfire has extended
> debug facilities hardware emulation is possible.
> 
> The complete article is three pages long, and contains even more nonsense. If I
> find some spare time this weekend, I'll translate it completely, if you thought
> that the MilanII announcement was amusing, well you aint seen nothing  yet...
> 
> Cheers from Belgium
> Dennis
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Luis