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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Is Power PC really the way to go?
- Date: 19 Apr 1996 08:50:46 +0200
- Organization: dis-
- Message-ID: <4l7d46$sl6@serpens.rhein.de>
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- videoking@mbox200.swipnet.se (Johan Otterstrom) writes:
-
- >I also spoke to Hirsch & Wolf in germany which sell PowerMacs and they had a
- >lot of problems with these machines.
-
- but which has little to do with the processor.
-
- >They also siad the even the fastest Power
- >Mac could not emulate 68xxx code faster than a 68040 40Mhz.
-
- which is obvious, but then you do not have to emulate 68xxx code.
-
- >Who will write the new PowerPC software?? Which companies dare to spend more
- >money on developing for a "to be maby" market?
-
- Everyone who now sells to 68k Amigas and who develops in a high
- level language. The PPC system is supposed to largely source code
- compatible.
-
- >MacroSystem (germany) decided
- >to use the Dec Alpha in their Draco, mainly due to Motorola's previous track
- >record. Alpha's are available now in quantity.
-
- Sure, but Macrosystems doesn't use the Alpha to run AmigaOS. They want
- to use it as an exclusive number cruncher, a coprocessor.
-
- >Are the various models of the PowerPC chip backwards compatible?
-
- More backwards compatible than the 68k series.
-
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