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> Palm and Windows CE handhelds did ok but go clobbered by the iPhone. Palm and Windows CE were there since 1998, maybe even before. the iPhone came out in 20
by beagle3 8y ago
> Palm and Windows CE handhelds did ok but go clobbered by the iPhone.
Palm and Windows CE were there since 1998, maybe even before. the iPhone came out in 2007. There were multiple ARM PDAs at the time (Compaq's iPaq, HP's Jornada, Palm's Pilot, many windows CE devices).
> If we had been lucky, IBM would have chosen the 68000.
Totally agree. The 68000 ISA is so elegant compared to the mess that is x86.
- protomyth 8y agoThe original Palms were Dragonball machines (68000) and CE actually ran pretty well on MIPS. Palm and CE are 1996. Like I said, they did ok, but never sold in the volume that the iPhone and later Android achieved. I dearly miss the 68000 and seriously sometimes wish the whole PowerPC thing didn't happen in favor of continued 68000. If the x86 proved anything its CISC / RISC wasn't exactly clear cut. The 88000 wasn't that bad except for a price that makes me think they were doing a bit of hallucinogens. I never got to play with ColdFire.
- beagle3 8y agoForgot about the Dragonball times ... Thanks.