Alpha CPUs, was Re: [rescue] i860 Success

[Phil Stracchino]

On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 08:09:44PM -0400, Nathan Raymond wrote:
> On Mon, 3 May 2004, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> > (However, I don't personally know whether the 68000 supported virtual
> > memory.)
> 
> http://www.informationheadquarters.com/Apple_Macintosh/Motorola_68000.shtml
> 
> "The 68000 was also unable to correctly return from an exception on a
> failing memory access, a crucial feature to enable true virtual memory.
....
> "In the next major revision, the 68010, most of these problems were
> fixed."

That coincides with my recollection that the first CPU Apple shipped
with virtual-memory capability was the 68020.


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