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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Dead DEC Punch card times (was Re: Taking Speedy too seriously)
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On Thu, 5 Nov 2026 17:15:38 -0500
c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:

> The 68000s were a joy to work with. Read somewhere that something
> about the design precluded moving up the speed ladder as much or as
> fast as Intel. Were also more expensive.

The 68k was the final flourish of assembler-friendly CISC design - very
pleasant to work with, but its plethora of addressing modes, IIRC, was
one of the main things that kept it from keeping up in the Great Mega-
hertz Race. The Coldfire spinoff architecture dropped some of the more
exotic stuff and was able to rally for a bit, but Motorola had already
moved on to PowerPC for PC-class processors by that point.