Re: [MiNT] New MiNT distribution is n.. ..pro

[Martin-Éric Racine <q-funk@pp.fishpool.fi>]

On --19, Remi Villatel <maxilys@normandnet.fr> wrote:

(En passant, Rémi, tes dates sont en année 00, plutot que 2000)

> We can't stay stuck to the 680x0 forever. 

Please explain what you find so limiting on m68k processors.  

If you really expect people to change architecture (even if a 68k
emulator is included), you must give them some real-life reasons
to do so, not a circular argument about Coldfire versus G4 like
Rodolphe did on fr.comp.sys.atari.

IMHO, an m68k clocked around 80 MHz should be more than enough.
The only reason why people could want anything faster is if they
don't know how to code efficiently.  The same goes for the "ram
is an infinite resource" argument.

A technological argument means absolutely zippo, when the whole
point is to make something for real-life users who want to surf,
draw and make music, instead of wasting their day bragging about
specs and not getting anything accomplished with their machine
like Amiga and PC people do.

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Martin-Éric Racine  http://funkyware.atari.org/  Atari TT030 FAQ
Lappeenranta, Finland.  Surfing on a Intel/Microsoft-free GEM OS