| From: | Stian Str�m |
| Date: | 30 Dec 99 at 16:21:33 |
| Subject: | Re: [warpup] Re: powerpc with libraries, devices and resources? |
>ow> Um, when Phase5 finish those new G4 accelerators, do you think
>ow> we can expect to see a 100% PPC AmigaOS? And will this meen
>It does not seem P5 is particularly interested in AmigaOS...
Nope ;-/
>ow> One more thing, I have a 603/240MHz + 040/25Mhz card in my A1200,
>ow> is the 603 a lot slower than the 604?
>The biggest speed-difference on Amiga-PPC-Cards (this is no principial
603/604
>difference) is that the 604 cards on Amiga have 64 Bit memory access, the
603
>cards only 32 Bit. Due to my experience my 150 MHz 604 card is *usually* at
>the same speed like a 240 MHz 603 card. Of course it depends on the programs
>which are used.
oki, I wondered what caused the "slowness"... ;)
>ow> A friend of mine have a 604/200MHz + 060/50Mhz card, and PPC stuff
>ow> runs a lot faster on that machine, is this mainly because of
>ow> the 060, or is it because of the 604 CPU?
>Mainly because of the 64 Bit memory access.
>ow> Or has it anything to do with the circuits in the A1200 compared to
A4000?
>No.
k. glad that I got that cleared up so that I don't have to spend
a bunch of money on an A4000...
>ow> For instance will a G4 card with 400MHz for A4000 be faster than a
>ow> G4 card with 400MHz for A1200?
>Don't think too much about the hardware. The primary concern is "will
AmigaOS
>run on these" ? At least it should be i think...
The main thing that I'm concerned about is that the so called 68k
emulator they are talking about isn't good enough to run Dopus5...
Wether it's running on top of AmigaOS or QNX isn't importnant as
long as it runs...
Dopus is the best program ever made on any platform...
Regards,
Stian Str�m...