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- From: kraemer@rzri6f.gsi.de (Michael Kraemer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: 060 vs PowerPC?
- Date: 2 Feb 1996 14:00:52 GMT
- Organization: Technische Hochschule Darmstadt
- Message-ID: <4et5ek$f5q@rs18.hrz.th-darmstadt.de>
- References: <kluebke.7.822055052@mi.uni-koeln.de> <4epgnf$mil@news1.inlink.com>
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- In article <4epgnf$mil@news1.inlink.com>, patrick@inlink.com (Charles Patrick Marks) writes:
- > Steve Koren (koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com) wrote:
- > :
- > : Glenn Saunders <krishna@primenet.com> wrote:
- > :
- > : > that is a "68K standin" may possibly be able to be faster than the
- > : > fastest 060 and surely cheaper. It won't be a year before PPC cards
- > :
- > : You have a good point. I dunno; I suppose I should believe that the 68K
- > : emulator for the PPC will be faster than an 060, but I still have
- > : trouble believing it. Faster than an 040, I will believe easily.
- > :
- > : That's not to say it couldn't be true, just that I haven't convinced
- > : myself of it yet. Time will tell I suppose.
- > :
- > : - steve
- > Also it would be very wise to write the ppc amiga-os to parralle process with the existing 680##
- > just like it was another custom chip in the original amiga. This sould solve any problems running
- > existing software. I'm not sure but,this could be the the most logical choice, in the evoloution
- > of the amiga.
- > The price of a 68060 is just to prohibitive, to waste funds on that proccessor when even more
- > powerful ppc are soon comming to market.
-
- "Soon" is a wee bit optimistic given the time scale. It will take at least
- one year from now for new PowerAmigas. I wouldn't hold my breath for the PPC
- upgrade boards either. With a PPC-native exec.library at best and the rest
- in emulation nobody can predict how stable older progs or even the OS 3.x will run.
- And I think we should not expect OS 4.x nor native apps before the new PowerAmigas
- arrive. Given that, an upgrade of existing Amigas with '060 boards is not
- too expensive, I think. Apparently there's no longer a shortage in '060 supplies.
-
- > --
- > Charles P. Marks Jr
- > patrick@inlink.com
- > InfoManiac To the core
-