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- From: Snowy@studbox.uni-stuttgart.de (Nicholas Stallard)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: The PowerAmiga..
- Date: 10 Apr 1996 10:26:00 GMT
- Organization: Informatik, Uni Stuttgart, Germany
- Message-ID: <1208.6674T681T68@studbox.uni-stuttgart.de>
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- Hi,
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- Valerio Ortelli had the following to say about Re: The PowerAmiga.. ..
- VO> In article 79m@pellew.ntu.edu.au, jamesm@it.ntu.edu.au (James McArthur)
- VO> writes:
- >> Anyone know if the PowerAmiga will be 32bit, or 64bit?
- >>
- >> I would think that if they are designing a new computer they should know
- >> this by now?
- >>
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- VO> The CPU will be PPC 604, that means 32 bits, but today's graphics card
- VO> are 64 bits and the next PPC is the 620: 64 bits. The Power Amiga will
- VO> probably be 32-64 bits capable so when the 620 will be standard it will
- VO> accept it and be at the same level of the graphic card (or chip).
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- VO> I hope they will avoid what happened with the 3000: 32 bit CPU and 16 bit
- VO> chips.
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- I was wondering actually.. everyone is after these 64bit chips but.. the snag on it
- is.. if I only have software that is 32 bit i can not use the full potential
- anyway :(
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- hum ..
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- I hope at least the os will be fully 64bit supporting :)
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- cya
- Nicholas
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