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Apple has control over the chip and the OS, whereas Intel only makes the chip

• gaius 10y ago
  Again that is how it was back in the day, CPU and supporting hardware, OS, compiler, standard libs etc all co-engineered. Tho' in the case of the Amiga the CPU was part of the supporting hardware, the heart of the system was something else that farmed work out to the CPU or a co-pro as appropriate...
  • walterbell 10y ago
    Is there a good online reference for this design?
    • gaius 10y ago
      There is an excellent book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Future-Was-Here-Commodore-Platform-ebook/dp/B007V5BVJG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1474733494&sr=8-1 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Future-Was-Here-Commodore-Platform-... http://bogost.com/writing/blog/the_future_was_here/ http://bogost.com/writing/blog/the_future_was_here/