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- From: cherborth@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca (Chris Herborth)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
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- Organization: InterZONE Design
- Subject: Re: PC VS ST
- References: <3655.723.uupcb@almac.co.uk>
- <OKES.93Jan15162519@SunLab40.essex.ac.uk>
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- X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.04 Rev. Sep 5 1992
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 13:03:54 EST
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- In <11790@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>, Warwick Allison writes:
- > >[The DSP] can't do general purpose processing, it's not a "math
- > >coprocessor", and it can't do anything to aid most programs.
- >
- >
- > Who here uses "zoo"? "lzh"? "arc"?
- >
- > All of these applications could benefit immensely from a DSP-based
- > implementation.
-
- Ah, but who's going to do a DSP-specific version of zoo, lharc, or arc?
- Questor might do a lharc for it, but then again, he might not. Info-Zip
- isn't going to waste their time working on a DSP-specific unzip...
-
- > Another great "real-time streams of data" is the analog phone-line
- > audio. By emulating a modem, the DSP can implement any of the
- > current modem standards - all in software, with just a simple
- > device to actually make the external coinnection to the phone line.
-
- This would be cool... let's hope someone does it!
-
- > Many people use GCC. There is a Motorola-supplied Free port of GCC
- > to the DSP56000.
-
- That might help things a bit... You'll still need to work on
- DSP-specific code though.
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- Chris Herborth
- cherborth@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca
-