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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.be
- Subject: Re: 1995 Production Status?
- Date: 26 Jan 1996 11:01:52 +0100
- Organization: dis-
- Message-ID: <4ea8qg$1il@serpens.rhein.de>
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- neilo@m140.aone.net.au (Neil O'Rourke) writes:
-
- >All these abstraction layers, they have a heck of an impact on performance
- >don't they?
-
- No.
-
- >It seems to me that while dropping AmigaOS on to a powerPC based platform
- >is a step in the right direction, making it CHRP complient will take the
- >"Amiga-ness" out of the system (no blitter to bang for moving stuff, no
- >audio chips to make sing, etc. etc)
-
- No. Most current graphics systems have blitters and there are lots of
- audio chips to chose from. The result is several magnitudes more
- powerful than current Amigas.
-
- >Ok, farm out the Amiga's chipset on to a PCI card?
-
- For nostalgic reasons ?
-
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- Michael van Elst
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