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- From: "Bernhard Graf" <graf@jojo.IN-Berlin.DE>
- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 19:49:28 +0100
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- Subject: Re: PowerPC !
- Message-ID: <66095417@jojo.IN-Berlin.DE>
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- In article <38000105724528932575@BIRDLAND>: "PowerPC !"
- Steffen Haeuser <magicsn@birdland.es.bawue.de> wrote:
-
- SH> > Does anyone know when the Amiga PowerPC is due, as I will soon be
- SH> > needing to use a PC but would rather not have to buy a PC.
- SH>
- SH> Hmm? And what does that help? A PowerPC is no PC... it is a processor rtype
- SH> that is the CONCURRENCE of those Intel rubbish... of course a PC Emulator on
- SH> Power PC might run at a reasonable speed... but *i* want Power PC Amiga
- SH> because of the AMIGA PART (and maybe, if Shapeshifter would be updated to
- SH> PowerMac Emulation, that would be fine, too...)
-
- I read an article about the developement of a PPC615, which will have a
- full 486 included. Although I don't think AT will build machines with
- this processer (Pentium pin compatible, btw), maybe another third party
- company will offer a PPC615-card (a 486 might be considered really
- outdated though, when this 615-CPU will be released some day).
-
-
- Ciao
- --
- Bernhard Graf
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