Home▸ Forums▸ 68kMLA▸ 604e versus the G3 — #31
Post #31 by Dog Cow
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryPowerPC
Post DateFri, 17 Sep 2010 - 16:36
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/604e-versus-the-g3.16155/
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Because it's my understanding that Mac OS couldn't handle multithreading and that even if it could, that was only something you got if you owned an 8600 or 9500/9600 with an MP processor chip.
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That's not true. Take a look at the ThreadManager extension, which was released around the time of System 7.5, IIRC.
Also, OS 8.6 introduced a nanokernel with threading support built-in.

Was m68k a MP-capable design?
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People were running Unix on the 68000 in the 1980's.

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