Motorola 68030 wire wrap prototype

Re:Motorola 68030 wire wrap prototype by firecall on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @12:46AM (#33784110)

The G3 was competitive, wasnt it?

Benchmarks at the time claimed it was 2x faster than the PII.

So true or not, it must have at least been in the ballpark!

As I Mac user at the time, I remember the G3 providing a measurable performance leap!

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Re:Motorola 68030 wire wrap prototype by Maakuth on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @01:17AM (#33784250)

G3 was PowerPC though, not 68k. ARM is actually the fourth Mac ISA, after 68k, PowerPC and x86!

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Re:Motorola 68030 wire wrap prototype by firecall on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @01:38AM (#33784365)

You are correct of course!

I should remember really, I worked at Apple in the UK during the 90s! :-)

Guess I'm getting old LOL

I think my mind was getting it's memory mixed up with the PowerPC 601 and 603!

Too many product codes in my brain! :-)

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