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- From: mennosto@zeelandnet.nl (menno stormink)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: PowerPC !
- Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 17:35:53 GMT
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- bellchri@parsifal.nando.net (Raistlin) wrote:
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- >This qustion has been asked, but I have seen several different answers. The
- >qustion is will the PowerPC chip allow you to run software from several systems.
- >The responses range from it allowing 10 operating systems, to only the Amiga.
- >I know for a fact of 3 right off the bat. Amiga of course, Mac since there
- >already are PowerPC Macs, and some version of Unix. I would think that OS/2
- >should work, since IBM helped develop the PowerPC chip and OS/2 is their
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- As I understand it IBM as stopt developing OS/2 for PowerPC, :(
- Thus someone know why?
- >operating system. The question remains whether or not Windows95 will work, and
- Windows95 , noway , WindowsNT might be beter from what I heard.
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- >will games meant for 486/586 systems work with this processor. It would be great
- >to finally have an unlimited source for software. If it's not available for the
- >Amiga OS, use a PC or Mac program. Anybody know for sure the answer?
- No sorry.
- > Anybody owning a PowerMac know?
- No but i do use one now and again.
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