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Date:      Wed, 6 Mar 1996 07:45:19 -0800 (PST)
From:      Dave Walton <dwalton@psiint.com>
To:        David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PowerPC Port?
Message-ID:  <Pine.A32.3.91.960306073127.50412B-100000@vv.psiint.com>
In-Reply-To: <v02140b02ad62b1377c58@[206.104.20.138]>

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On Tue, 5 Mar 1996, David Kelly wrote:

> At 6:03 PM 3/4/96, Dave Walton wrote:
> >Which Motorola hardware would you be referring to?  Every Mac in the
> >world has a Motorola CPU in it.  ;)
> 
> Is Motorola actually in production of the PowerPC chip now? Initially only
> IBM was building the 601 but lately I've seen PowerMac listings saying they
> have a 601+, whatever that means. My PowerMac 8100/80 has an IBM 601.

I know IBM built the 601, but my understanding is that Motorola builds 
the newer models (603, 604, etc).

> And I've got some 128k and 512k Mac motherboards laying around with Hitachi
> 68000's on them. :-)

Ok, ok...  "Motorola-designed".  Better?  :)

Dave


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