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- From: frotz@omni.voicenet.com (Steve Bara)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: DEC ALPHA card for AMIGA
- Date: 25 Jan 1996 20:20:11 GMT
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- Paula Baker (paula4@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
-
- : I just got off the phone with ANTI GRAVITY MAIL ORDER PLACE, and they
- : said that there is a DEC Alpha card that will plug into a zorro3 slot
- : of Amiga's. It is allegedly to fool the os into thinking it's a math
- : co processor. I don't know all the specs, but sounds promising to me.
- : I think they said the retail price would be around $1500. Because of
- : fooling the os, this should be compatible with nearly all software out
- : there.
-
- Um, because it fools the OS, and NONE of the 3d software on the amiga uses
- the OS level FPU calls (they all talk directly to the hardware for speed),
- it sure sounds to me like NONE of the existing 3d software will work. I
- don't know of a single FPU version of any 3d software that uses the OS
- libraries, since the original amiga math libraries were so slow. Yet
- another case of hardware banging in "professional" amiga apps that keeps
- them from working with neat new amiga hardware add-ons. This really bugs
- me, since people like NewTek even refuse to acknowledge that 3.1 is a real
- OS. They won't make any wb 3.1 compatible stuff because it's not an
- "official" release and doesnt have "official native developer's kit", which
- is odd since as a $75 certified develoer I got all the stuff needed before
- the CBM bankruptcy. This sort of unprofessionalism makes me wonder how they'll
- EVER manage to support all the weird hardware and kludges on the PC.
-
- : Any questions should not come to me, call AntiGravity at 1800-7
- : gravity. (They said the release date was middle of Feb) If anyone has
- : any further info, please post to the group.
-
-
- : robert
-