Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
> 
>>> One of the ways they kept the Amiga cheap was by not including the 
>>> hardware necessary for implementing virtual memory...)
>>
>> The CPU didn't even support it, just like pre-386 days.
> 
> Correction: The Morotola 68000 series *does* have an optional MMU. And 
> that's just it - optional. There was a special board you could get to 
> install a replacement CPU with an MMU fitted,

Right.  A replacement CPU.  I.e., the 68000 didn't support virtual 
memory. The 68010 did. So you replace the 68000 with a 68010, and you 
can do virtual memory.

And the 68020 supports 32-bit addressing.

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     Remember the good old days, when we
     used to complain about cryptography
     being export-restricted?

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