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- From: koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com (Steve Koren)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: 060 vs PowerPC?
- Date: 25 Jan 1996 19:00:48 -0700
- Organization: HP Fort Collins Site
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- In-reply-to: Glenn Saunders's message of 21 Jan 1996 22:40:02 -0700
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- Glenn Saunders <krishna@primenet.com> wrote:
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- > We too may be jumping the gun with the 060 when PPC cards will be
- > available for CISC Amigas as well. PPC has way more bang for the buck
- > than 060. How it does in 68K emulation mode compared to an 060 is up for
-
- Depends on how you look at it, I figure. At the absolute soonest, there
- might be a PowerAmiga in what, a year maybe? And I very much doubt
- that; I'm betting on two, personally, assuming it happens at all.
- That's a long time to wait, considering the 68040 has been considered
- old and slow for quite some years now. Having an intermediate step may
- be necessary (or just desirable) for some people.
-
- - steve
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