| From: | Thomas Frieden |
| Date: | 09 Apr 00 at 01:28:23 |
| Subject: | Re: Survey on OS for M@tabox Boards |
Hi,
On Sat, 8 Apr 2000, Steve Hodson wrote:
> > also ask myself whether the classic AMIGA hardware architecture really can
> > handle this level of processing power anymore.
>
> Yes...a top speed 68k barely capable of driving PCI let alone AGP (thinking
> BoXeR here)
That's not completely right. A 68060 running a 66 MHz should be able to
satisfy a 33 MHz PCI. The problem may be that in the current Amiga,
everything has to go through a crappy buster.
The Boxer may be something completly different. There are special north
bridge chips that can connect directly to a 68060. That could bring a lot
of speed.
And don't forget that the Boxer may have a PPC that's directly connected
to the bus.
CU,
Thomas Frieden
(ThomasF@hyperion-software.de)
http://www.hyperion-software.de