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- From: heitkamp@ibm.net (Frederick V. Heitkamp)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Hooray for Amiga Tech.
- Date: 10 Feb 1996 13:18:26 GMT
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- Jason Compton (jcompton@flood.xnet.com) wrote:
- : Ed Hanway (hanway@ekfido.kodak.com) wrote:
- : : Jason Compton (jcompton@flood.xnet.com) wrote:
- : : : While the Amiga has never really offered a ton of raw horsepower, it's
-
- : competed by virtue of raw horsepower, but has generally managed to stay
- : competitive through other means. But the horsepower gap is much wider
- : now, and the "other means" aren't really very competitive either.
-
- I say, get the PowerPC Processor cards out ASAP for the A2000, A3000, and
- A4000. Get a minimal 68k emulation going or port the OS, whichever is
- faster. I think Apple did it the smart way. You could even make a
- dual boot card. One with a 68040LC and a 603 PCC chip. Of course
- this would be an expensive toy...
-
- I'll bet the Amiga Linux programmers could have a working kernel for
- a PPC amiga card in a few weeks.
-
- I remember that C= was supposedly working on making the AmigaOS
- portable "C" source. How far along was it?
-
- Fred Heitkamp
-