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- From: finnh@ak.planet.gen.nz (Finn Higgins)
- Subject: Re: AB3D II beats Quake....
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- References: <4k2jg9$t5i@agate.berkeley.edu>
- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 11:51:31 GMT
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- >>>Why not use the 80x86 line of processors so long as we're migrating to
- >>>another instruction set? The Gemulator written for clones (and needing
- >>>only Atari ST ROMS installed on an expansion card) allow a 486DX33 to
- >>>emulate in software an 8Mhz Atari ST at FULL speed. Atari TT speed
- >>>emulations
- >>>(33 Mhz 68030) are possible with Pentium processors.
- >>
- >>After the 8086 the entire 80x86 series became an endless round of cludge
- >>ontop of cludge. Besides, why bother migrating from an end-of-the-line CISC
- >> series to *another* end-of-the-line CISC series?? If we have to migrate
- >>(and let's face it - we do!) then we might as well step up to technology
- >>with is likely to be around for at least another decade.
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- >I don't see Intel giving up market share. Either an elegant hardware
- >solution will be created (full x86 binary and Intel RISC compatible) or a
- >slick software solution. Personally, I see (looking in my crystal ball) a
- >hardware translation system will be incorporated on chip.
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- hang on... Did I just read "Intel" and "Elegant" in the same line? Intel
- are not exactly elegant, far less than Motorolla.
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- >>Why not just buy a PC, if that's what you want? Otherwise - why try and
- >>turn the Amiga into one?
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- >Better to turn it into a PC than into a Mac. As if I want to go through
- >the expense and hassle of switching instruction sets, AND NOT EVEN GET
- >TO RUN THE WORLD'S LARGEST SOFTWARE LIBRARY? Geezuz, why NOT turn
- >it into a PC and have Amiga stability and speed with the very latest
- >in cutting edge software for the PC.
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- Actually, I'd rather have a Mac than a PC. We have a PC and an Amiga here,
- and when using the Amiga I don't miss anything on the PC, but the Mac is
- quite different, I will happily emulate one of those.
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- >Respectfully Submitted,
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- >Allen Pouratian
- >UC Berkeley
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