Re:How Doom didn't kill the Amiga
by rasz on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @02:42AM
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> Commodore would use the previous generation (or two)
Reason for picking 68000 was bargaining power you had when owning a chip Fab.
"Live with Dave Haynie - Commodore Business Machines C128, Plus4, Amiga" - BilHerd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZT209i-3Lo Dave reveals Commodore was paying $2.5 per 68000 Hitachi CPU compared to Apple $8 from Motorola.
Reason for picking 68000 was bargaining power you had when owning a chip Fab.
"Live with Dave Haynie - Commodore Business Machines C128, Plus4, Amiga" - BilHerd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZT209i-3Lo Dave reveals Commodore was paying $2.5 per 68000 Hitachi CPU compared to Apple $8 from Motorola.
_$2.5_ per CPU.