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- From: fasten@cauchy.informatik.uni-bonn.de (Mathematika (B. Fastenrath))
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: What i (now) think of the AmiPPC
- Date: 29 Mar 1996 16:24:20 GMT
- Organization: University of Bonn, Germany
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- VASCO ALEXANDRE DA SILVA COSTA (l42786@alfa.ist.utl.pt) wrote:
- : IMHO PPC will be too slow in a few years time. We aren't seeing relevant new
- : PPC developments anymore. Unless the situation changes (I doubt it) i see
- : the new Intel/HP partnership as an opponent which will make PPC into
- : pieces.
- Do you know Exponential? (http://www.exp.com)
- They expect to have a .5 GHz PPC ready by the time the Amiga PPC will (might)
- come out. Even if they fail I don't expect the PPC to be left behind for long.
-
- : The new Intel/HP alternative will be IMO a HP-PA with 80x86 emulation
- : (unless Intel break their partnership in the way...)
- No, Thank you.
-
- : The new Power Amiga, if is nothing than PowerMac clone with AmigaOS as an
- : option, will die.
- It won't be a PowerMac clone but AmigaOS might run on PowerMac clones one
- day.
-
- : Let's look at some facts:
- : - For the Amiga to have any future it needs to be addressed to the market
- : it belongs... DTV !
- DTV? (TLA translation failed, please try again)
-
- : Give me a Power Ami with PPC, NV1 and a Dec Alpha !
- ???
-
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