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- From: sac@cca.rockwell.com (Scott Cabit)
- Subject: DEC Alpha Feasable for A4000?
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- Reply-To: sac@cca.rockwell.com (Scott Cabit)
- Organization: Rockwell Avionics - Collins, Melbourne, FL
- Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 18:18:56 GMT
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- This question is for Dave Haynie or any other knowledgable
- Amiga hardware people. I have heard rumor of a new DEC ALPHA
- card which will be installable in the Zorro III slot of any
- A4000. This card is supposed to simulate a math co-processor
- via an Amiga library and allow tremendous speedup of current
- software which requires math intensive operations (most notably
- LightWave and other rendering software).
- My question is, is this technically feasable or is someone
- just starting a new rumor? If it can be done, what limitations
- would the system impose on throughput to the Alpha? For example,
- would a 200MHz Alpha processor allow rendering speeds as fast
- using LightWave as if you were running on a DEC machine with
- a 200MHz processor?
- If this rumor is true, I can orsee a number of A4000 and A4000
- Tower owners buying this card for the sheer purpose of speeding
- up their render times!!!
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- Thanks!
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- Scott A. Cabit
- sac@mlb.cca.rockwell.com
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