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- From: allenp@nima.eecs.berkeley.edu (Allen Pouratian)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: AB3D II beats Quake....
- Date: 5 Apr 1996 07:52:41 GMT
- Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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- >>Why not use the 80x86 line of processors so long as we're migrating to
- >>another instruction set? The Gemulator written for clones (and needing only
- >>Atari ST ROMS installed on an expansion card) allow a 486DX33 to emulate
- >>in software an 8Mhz Atari ST at FULL speed. Atari TT speed emulations
- >>(33 Mhz 68030) are possible with Pentium processors.
- >
- >After the 8086 the entire 80x86 series became an endless round of cludge
- >ontop of cludge. Besides, why bother migrating from an end-of-the-line CISC
- >series to *another* end-of-the-line CISC series?? If we have to migrate
- >(and let's face it - we do!) then we might as well step up to technology
- >with is likely to be around for at least another decade.
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- I don't see Intel giving up market share. Either an elegant hardware
- solution will be created (full x86 binary and Intel RISC compatible) or a
- slick software solution. Personally, I see (looking in my crystal ball) a
- hardware translation system will be incorporated on chip.
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- This means on the fly x86 to RISC instruction conversion. Whatever software
- ran on x86 machines will run on the new Intel RISC chip (full compatibility).
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- Intel, just *give up* market share? A solution will be developed, we might as
- well ride the wave and enjoy the software.
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- >Why not just buy a PC, if that's what you want? Otherwise - why try and
- >turn the Amiga into one?
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- Better to turn it into a PC than into a Mac. As if I want to go through
- the expense and hassle of switching instruction sets, AND NOT EVEN GET
- TO RUN THE WORLD'S LARGEST SOFTWARE LIBRARY? Geezuz, why NOT turn
- it into a PC and have Amiga stability and speed with the very latest
- in cutting edge software for the PC.
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- Respectfully Submitted,
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- Allen Pouratian
- UC Berkeley
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