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- From: Zoltan Hunt <zhunt@calumet.yorku.ca>
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- Subject: Re: PowerPC !
- Date: 1 Mar 1996 02:54:12 GMT
- Organization: Calumet College, York U.
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- mworden@public.compusult.nf.ca (Mark Worden) wrote:
- >nyle landas (nyle@cyber1.servtech.com) wrote:
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- >: I have read the PowerAmiga is slated for 1st quarter 1997. PowerPC cards
- >: for exsisting Amigas should be out this summer from Phase 5.
- >
- >I know hardly anything about these PowerPC boards, so can someone answer
- >a few (maybe dumb) questions for me?
- >
- >What kind of speed will it have compared to an actual PowerPC? I had an
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- >EMPLANT Deluxe in my A3000/030 awhile ago, and it ran dreadfully slow.
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- The PowerPC is a chip, not a computer. If you mean PowerMac, then the general opinion is that the Amiga's OS is more compact, robus=
- t, stable, etc. so it should run faster (i.e. a PowerMac with a PowerPC 604 vs a PowerAmiga with a 604), but a lot of this is to do =
- with how good a job they do on porting the AmigaOS from 680xx code to PowerPC code.
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- >Also, what kind of projected price range will we be looking at? Will
- >there be any special requirements for this board, such as a minimun
- >amount of memory or processor, or a fast graphics card, etc.?
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- Unknown, Phase5 is bringing out some PowerPC boards before AmigaTech, you can read about it on the Amiga Web Dictionary, don't worry=
- about the ligit of the info- they where handing out the same thing in English at the last WOA show.
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- Zoltan
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