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> Even more fun alternative history: What if Motorola didn't end 68000 with the 68060? Well, then we would all be doing our computing on Amigas, or at least on

> Even more fun alternative history: What if Motorola didn't end 68000 with the 68060? Well, then we would all be doing our computing on Amigas, or at least on Atari Falcons. People blame C= for the downfall of the Amiga, but Motorola abandoning the 68k line was a much bigger factor, with no immediate way forward being evident at the time.

snvzz 7y ago
>People blame C= for the downfall of the Amiga >but Motorola abandoning the 68k line was a much bigger factor The engineers had plans going forward. C= just didn't allow it to happen. They scrapped everything.
- blackhaz 7y ago
  I'm happy my computing platform does not depend on a single corporation. The shock vibrations of those people who developed for beloved Amigas and other amazing but now dead platforms must still be echoing throughout the universe.
- DerekL 7y ago
  That's right. It took Commodore seven years to ship a major revision to the Amiga graphics chips, which had four times the display bandwidth and twice the blitter performance. They should have had a 16-fold performance increase in all categories by that time.
  - snvzz 7y ago
    Several would-have-been-awesome ready or near-ready new chipset designs were discarded by CBM management. Years upon years of effort wasted, on a critical time in the history of personal computers. "This is too expensive." As if releasing what would have been the absolute best microcomputer for several years (as per what actually happened, that is, assuming the competition didn't pull a miracle after seeing it) would have no value. As if economies of scale weren't a thing. As if making it cheaper later wasn't an option. Morons. For detail on the insanity, refer to The Insider Story[0] book. [0] https://blog.amigaguru.com/book-review-commodore-the-inside-story/ https://blog.amigaguru.com/book-review-commodore-the-inside-...

snvzz 7y ago

>People blame C= for the downfall of the Amiga >but Motorola abandoning the 68k line was a much bigger factor The engineers had plans going forward. C= just didn't allow it to happen. They scrapped everything.

blackhaz 7y ago
I'm happy my computing platform does not depend on a single corporation. The shock vibrations of those people who developed for beloved Amigas and other amazing but now dead platforms must still be echoing throughout the universe.
DerekL 7y ago
That's right. It took Commodore seven years to ship a major revision to the Amiga graphics chips, which had four times the display bandwidth and twice the blitter performance. They should have had a 16-fold performance increase in all categories by that time.
- snvzz 7y ago
  Several would-have-been-awesome ready or near-ready new chipset designs were discarded by CBM management. Years upon years of effort wasted, on a critical time in the history of personal computers. "This is too expensive." As if releasing what would have been the absolute best microcomputer for several years (as per what actually happened, that is, assuming the competition didn't pull a miracle after seeing it) would have no value. As if economies of scale weren't a thing. As if making it cheaper later wasn't an option. Morons. For detail on the insanity, refer to The Insider Story[0] book. [0] https://blog.amigaguru.com/book-review-commodore-the-inside-story/ https://blog.amigaguru.com/book-review-commodore-the-inside-...