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- From: Mustang@vrb.com (Aaron Smith)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: PowerPC !
- Date: Fri, 1 Mar 96 18:03:58
- Organization: Virtual Reality BBS (vrb.com)
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- On Fri 1-Mar-1996 3:22p, Ross Deeley wrote:
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- RD> > Yes, this is acceptable performance for today. However, by the time
- RD> > a PPC based Amiga comes out, this will be very lackluster performance.
-
- RD> But by the time the PPC based amiga comes out, there will be faster PPC
- RD> chips available for AT to use in it. (eg 620)
-
- So? what is your reasoning here? I am sure Phase5 will pump out 604e,
- 614, 620, 640, 6xx cards very soon after the chips ship....I don't know what
- chips will really exists, other than the 620... But you get the idea..
-
- They can easily keep up with the times... Who knows, mayabe in Feb 97
- we will see a 500Mhz 604e chip from Exponential running at the heart of our
- Amiga's.
-
- "Amiga, computers for people who want more than just a PC."
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- A4000Tower 060 or PPC soon!
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