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cmiles74
on June 20, 2020
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Why Apple ditched PowerPC, and what it says about ...
It also ran on SPARC and PA-RISC, I think even some Motorola 68000 at some point.
icedchai
on June 20, 2020
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Yes, NeXT's original hardware platform was 68K based: the NeXT Cube and NeXTStation (slab.) They were 68030 and later, 68040, based machines.
cmiles74
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I didn't mean to be didactic. I was thinking more that likely remains fairly easy to port. :-)
icedchai
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Oh, sorry! I have a NeXTstation in my retro collection and have a fondness for those old machines. I plan to install NeXTStep on a Sparc but haven't got there yet...
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