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- Path: grafix.xs4all.nl!john.hendrikx
- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 96 02:17:55 GMT+1
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- Subject: Re: 680X0 -> PPC translator?
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- From: john.hendrikx@grafix.xs4all.nl (John Hendrikx)
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- In a message of 24 Mar 96 Wessel Dankers wrote to All:
-
- >> I believe it was Apple who claimed that a PPC601/66 could *emulate* 680x0
- >> processors at the speed of about a 68040 at 25 MHz. Including a 68030 on
- >> a board which already has a PPC601 or PPC604 on it would be quite
- >> ridiculous if the PPC processor could EMULATE 680x0 code faster than the
- >> 68030 could do it in hardware.
-
- WD> I was thinking of including of an 030 was mainly for compatibility.
- WD> Didn't I also say in the original posting that /if/ your program seems
- WD> to be written well that it could always be run under an emulator
- WD> instead.
-
- Compatibility? If it doesn't run under the emulator it probably is a game or a
- demo which usually deserve to crash, and which won't be missed (hell, I haven't
- missed games/demos on my Amiga for quite a long time now -- they don't even
- come close to what is considered standard in the gaming world today).
-
- Seriously, putting EXTRA hardware on a board for compatibility, and for
- compatibility alone (after all the 030 won't give you ANYTHING extra) is quite
- ridiculous in my eyes.
-
- WD> Of course you can include an 040/060 but that /would/ be too expensive.
-
- And putting a 030 on the board isn't? Think of what your asking. You're not
- paying just for the 030, but also for (probably custom) hardware to integrate
- 030/PPC on the same board without getting in each others way (and I'm not even
- considering to let them both run simultaneously). PPC's are quite cheap to use
- (cheaper than using 060's and 040's), relatively the extra 030 would make quite
- an impact on the price.
-
- Grtz John
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