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Re:Why did the Motorola 68000 processor family fall out of u... by hulitu on Saturday October 07, 2023 @06:57AM (#37800667)
> Right, Windows NT was shipped on PowerPC, MIPS and Alpha up until 1999

Were there any compilers for those architectures from Microsoft ?

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Re:Why did the Motorola 68000 processor family fall out of u... by rsaxvc on Saturday October 07, 2023 @09:43AM (#37801633)
Yep, you could get visual studio processor packs in the mail. At least for ppc and mips.
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Re:Why did the Motorola 68000 processor family fall out of u... by maximilianburke on Saturday October 07, 2023 @09:43AM (#37801635)
Yes. How else would they build their OS and applications?
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