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- From: Donald.Kennedy@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Donald Kennedy)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Sparc coprocessors
- Keywords: coprocessors, sparc, bridgeboard
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.011300.475@samba.oit.unc.edu>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 01:13:00 GMT
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- I've seen some Sparc clones on a card recently that are pretty much host
- independant (much like the CBM Bridgeboards, requiring a host system of
- AT class or greater only for I/O). What would be the demand for a
- parasitic Sparc system on an Amiga?
-
- I've determined that there are 3 ways to do it:
-
- 1. Use a real AT Bridgeboard for I/O.
- 2. Use a Palomax-type bridge jumper with custom Amiga drivers
- 3. Use an Amiga ethernet card and run the sucker through X-windows on the
- Amiga itself.
-
- Another cool thing about these cards is that they have their own graphics
- output, including optional frame buffers. I think it could be pretty cool
- to run some of the free UNIX graphics utilities on a fast Sparc system....
-
- Don Kennedy
- Donald.Kennedy@bbs.oit.unc.edu
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