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# PowerPC
is a 68000 in a dress, right?

[Edit: 'What is the current status?

FreeBSD/PowerPC currently is on the verge of booting to single-user mode.'

I don't think this counts as 'running' on this platform ;)]
(cattleprod, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 16:44, archived)
# heh,
Geeks.
(I helped save b3ta! bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 16:45, archived)
# You say it
like it's a bad thing ;)
(cattleprod, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 16:49, archived)
# Well
68000 am the bestest (for its era).

Its kind of 68k-a-like, but different. PowerPC has 32 64bit general purpose registers, 32 80 bit float registers, and 32 Vector registers (if altivec is present).

And they kick ass.
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 16:47, archived)