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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Will the PPC split up the Amiga community?
- Date: 24 Mar 1996 21:26:26 GMT
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- Fabio Bizzetti (bizzetti@mbox.vol.it) wrote:
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- : >>Dave Haynie mentioned the point that 680x0 timing (A problem with 060
- : >>machines as well I hear) and the PPC emulation of a 680x0 cpu will mean a
- : >>lot of problems for some games. There is also the issue of new graphics
- : >>hardware and sound hardware supposedly in the works, that will pretty much
- : >>mean existing games won't work on the thing. It does promise exciting
- : >>possibilities for new games however, so I would disagree that this is a bad
- : >>thing generally for games.
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- : At the CeBit they said that they aren't working on the new generation of custom
- : chips. The new "Amiga" will use only PC chips.
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- Doesn't that qualify as being new? :)
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- Regards,
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- BM
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