XPost: alt.folklore.computers, openwatcom.users.c_cpp   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 4 Nov 2025 12:15:27 -0500, geodandw wrote:   
      
   > The 68000 was a very nice processor for its time. It's too bad IBM   
   > didn't use it in the PC.   
      
   Might have been a cost issue (more pins, more cost).   
      
   In any case, the 680x0 family was very popular among Unix workstation   
   vendors, until it was completely eclipsed in performance by the coming of   
   RISC.   
      
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