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- From: vidworks@ix.netcom.com(Bob Bennett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Alpha for A4000/3000 ???
- Date: 7 Mar 1996 04:53:27 GMT
- Organization: Netcom
- Message-ID: <4hlq47$jdr@cloner4.netcom.com>
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- In <Pine.OSF.3.91.960303160621.26534E-100000@gonzo.wolfenet.com> Brian
- Bell <omni128@wolfenet.com> writes:
- >
- >On Wed, 28 Feb 1996, Dobbin Burkhart wrote:
- >
- >> At the end of an Amiga article in AV/Video they mention that Draco
- >> is making a Alpha processor board for 4000/3000 Amigas !
- >>
- >> Is this for real ? What would one use for executables ?
- >
- > Yes. The Draco has an Alpha slot, which has been referred to like one
- of
- >those "future expansion" ports on some hardware. I think they have
- been
- >testing it's use in rendering and other auxilliary tasks running
- somewhat
- >like a co-processor for their Draco Amiga clone. It's been talked
- about
- >for at least a year if not two, when they first announced the specs of
-
- >the Draco.
-
- The Draco is not an Amiga CLONE. It is a computer being made for high
- quality video editing that uses the AmigaDOS operating system for
- efficiency. It's currently available (with only a short waiting
- period) and it does NOT have the custom chipset unique to Amigas and
- will not run all Amiga software. The DEC Alpha processor option's
- primary use is, as you say, used to rendering video effects and
- transitions in real time. It is due to be ready for an NAB
- introduction. I feel confident that the DEC Alpha option will NOT be
- usable in the A3000/A4000.
-
-