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- From: Mustang@vrb.com (Aaron Smith)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: DEC Alpha Feasable for A4000?
- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 96 08:13:05
- Organization: Virtual Reality BBS
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- Message-ID: <19960129.8990748.749D@vrb.com>
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- I wouldnt' think they would use an Alpha. Why not just use specialized
- MathCo chips? There are such number crunchers for the PC.
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- On Sun 28-Jan-1996 6:18p, Scott Cabit wrote:
- SC> This question is for Dave Haynie or any other knowledgable
- SC> Amiga hardware people. I have heard rumor of a new DEC ALPHA
- SC> card which will be installable in the Zorro III slot of any
- SC> A4000. This card is supposed to simulate a math co-processor
- SC> via an Amiga library and allow tremendous speedup of current
- SC> software which requires math intensive operations (most notably
- SC> LightWave and other rendering software).
- SC> My question is, is this technically feasable or is someone
- SC> just starting a new rumor? If it can be done, what limitations
- SC> would the system impose on throughput to the Alpha? For example,
- SC> would a 200MHz Alpha processor allow rendering speeds as fast
- SC> using LightWave as if you were running on a DEC machine with
- SC> a 200MHz processor?
- SC> If this rumor is true, I can orsee a number of A4000 and A4000
- SC> Tower owners buying this card for the sheer purpose of speeding
- SC> up their render times!!!
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- SC> Thanks!
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- SC> Scott A. Cabit
- SC> sac@mlb.cca.rockwell.com
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