[Coco] Why haven't we got this?!!

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 23 January 2014 17:34:46 iggybeans at comcast.net did opine:

> >Can this 40 cent cpu do Position Independent Code?
> 
> With 16 times the addressing range, is that important?
> And, it would definitely be nice to edit documents larger than we
> currently can.
> 
> Beyond that, it clocks at almost 10 times the speed of a Coco3 (more
> like 20X if you consider the Z8S180 I mentioned). Even if the 6809 is
> more efficient, it can't make up for that gap.
> 
> Position independent code? Can the 6809 (or 6309) beat other
> alternatives like the 68040? Its a non-issue.
> 
Bottom line is that nitros9 could not be ported to it without that.

Cheers, Gene
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