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From: jasond@crl.com (Jason Tyler Davidson)
Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Subject: Re: Fast Quake Server
Date: 6 Sep 1994 03:52:48 -0700
Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access (415) 705-6060 [login: guest]
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References: <343e6c$a7h@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <CvGIvH.Csn@mail.auburn.edu> <345ha1$8rr@dhostwo.convex.com>
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Benjamin Lee (blee@convex.com) wrote:
: In article <CvGIvH.Csn@mail.auburn.edu>,
: Paul D. Burns <burnspd@eng.auburn.edu> wrote:
: >Wow. I read (Computer Shopper?) that the P6 will be twice as fast
: >as a 100MHz Pentium. Is this CRAY II performance? I also read
: >(to my disappointment) that the PPC 620 will blow it out of
: >the water. The P7, though, should be 30 times faster than
: >the Pentium 100.
: >
: >Anyone care for Doom at 800 fps? Maybe Quake is necessary to
: >keep those new monsters busy while you play. ;-)
: Intel said they are `revaluating the 786 plan'. In other words, 686
: is probably the last x86 strand you'll ever see. Sure there are a
: CPU in the pipline which is going to be x86 compatible. Most likely
: a "simple instruction hardwired, complex instruction emulated" x86
: CPU. Otherwords a RISC alike. Does this sound familiar ;).
: --
: Benjamin Lee, Convex Computer Corporation
: 3000 WaterView Parkway POBox 833851
: Richardson, TX 75083-3851
This is incorrect, they are going to make a 786 and go beyond that with
the Intel-HP aliance. It tis set in stone, you must be listening to
68000 advocates....