<s>
The	O
Atari	B-Device
Coldfire	I-Device
Project	I-Device
(	O
ACP	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
volunteer	O
project	O
that	O
has	O
created	O
a	O
modern	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
computer	O
clone	O
called	O
the	O
FireBee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	O
16	O
and	O
32	O
computer	O
systems	O
(	O
ST	B-Device
,	O
TT	B-Device
and	O
Falcon	B-Device
)	O
were	O
popular	O
home	O
computers	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
half	O
of	O
the	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
few	O
dedicated	O
users	O
who	O
were	O
left	O
wanted	O
more	O
processing	O
power	O
to	O
develop	O
more-advanced	O
TOS	B-Application
applications	O
,	O
paving	O
the	O
way	O
for	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
"	O
clone	O
"	O
machines	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
68040-based	O
Milan	O
and	O
the	O
68060-based	O
Hades	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
were	O
considerably	O
more	O
powerful	O
than	O
the	O
68030-based	O
TT	B-Device
and	O
Falcon	B-Device
and	O
the	O
68000-based	O
ST/STe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
machines	O
support	O
ISA	B-Architecture
and	O
PCI	B-Protocol
buses	O
,	O
which	O
make	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
network	O
and	O
graphics	O
cards	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
possible	O
(	O
something	O
no	O
original	O
Atari	O
machines	O
could	O
do	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
machines	O
also	O
support	O
tower	O
cases	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
use	O
internal	O
CD	B-Device
drives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
6	O
68060	B-General_Concept
CPU	B-Device
it	O
would	O
use	O
did	O
make	O
it	O
into	O
a	O
new	O
accelerator	O
board	O
for	O
the	O
Falcon	B-Device
,	O
the	O
CT60/CT63	O
series	O
,	O
which	O
meant	O
that	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
Atari	O
platform	O
had	O
a	O
CPU	B-Device
rated	O
at	O
over	O
100MHz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
high-speed	O
bus	B-General_Concept
and	O
PC133	O
RAM	B-Architecture
also	O
accounted	O
for	O
a	O
big	O
performance	O
improvement	O
and	O
significantly	O
increased	O
the	O
Falcon	B-Device
's	O
on-board	O
memory	O
limit	O
from	O
14	O
MiB	O
to	O
512	O
MiB	O
with	O
a	O
CT60	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
CT60/CT63	O
needs	O
a	O
Falcon	B-Device
“	O
donor	O
”	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
still	O
not	O
as	O
powerful	O
as	O
the	O
ACP	O
potential	O
system	O
could	O
be	O
,	O
the	O
ACP	O
will	O
use	O
a	O
completely	O
new	O
design	O
,	O
moving	O
away	O
from	O
68K	B-Device
CPUs	B-Device
to	O
the	O
newer	O
ColdFire	B-Device
class	O
,	O
more	O
powerful	O
than	O
even	O
the	O
fastest	O
68K	B-Device
chips	O
while	O
still	O
having	O
a	O
largely	O
similar	O
(	O
but	O
not	O
completely	O
compatible	O
)	O
instruction	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TT/Falcon	O
-IDE	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
's	O
a	O
ready	O
to	O
use	O
FreeMiNT	B-Application
and	O
GUI	O
environment	O
setup	O
with	O
applications	O
ported	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
ColdFire	B-Device
which	O
can	O
be	O
ordered	O
on	O
CompactFlash	B-Device
card	I-Device
with	O
the	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
µClinux	B-Application
has	O
also	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
FireBee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
different	O
strategies	O
for	O
dealing	O
with	O
the	O
differences	O
in	O
ColdFire	B-Device
and	O
68K	B-Device
instruction	O
set	O
and	O
opcodes	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
FireBee	O
FPGA	B-Architecture
does	O
n't	O
yet	O
provide	O
DSP	O
functionality	O
which	O
means	O
that	O
any	O
Atari	B-Device
Falcon	I-Device
specific	O
programs	O
requiring	O
DSP	O
wo	O
n't	O
run	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
Falcon	B-Device
games	O
and	O
demos	O
use	O
it	O
to	O
play	O
background	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
