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From: dkassida@mason1.gmu.edu (Daniel F H Kassiday)
Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Subject: Re: Fast Quake Server
Date: 1 Sep 1994 21:34:21 GMT
Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
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SNUN (snun@aol.com) wrote:
: In article <CvGIvH.Csn@mail.auburn.edu>, burnspd@eng.auburn.edu (Paul D.
: Burns) writes:
: I'm not sure, but I heard that Quake wont be out until Intel has released
: the Dodectium. This chip will be one trillion times faster than the super
: computer used by NORAD. Unfortunately, it will only be able to run at low
: detail (300,000 x 456,000) which will allow discernment from reality if
: you put a scanning electron microscope against the screen. So they are
: recommending we wait for the release of the clock quintupled Dodectium ZX5
: before we expect true VR performance. Sorry guys, thats just the way it
: is.
Sorry, the machine at NORAD was purchased by the Government and is
therefore equivalent to a system 5 years older and slower than anything
someone rational would use. It prolly doesn't even get a news feed.