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- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.182216.305490@magicbb.uucp>
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- From: Matt_Harrop@magicbb.uucp
- Organization: MAGIC - Macintosh Awareness Group In Canada
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 18:22:16 EST
- Subject: Re: Radius vs. Daystar Powercache
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- >I heard one of the two companies was developing some software that allowed
- >seperate processing. In other words .... you can lauch Microsoft Excell on
- >your Radius Rocket and maybe Claris Filemaker Pro on your Mac ][vx or
- whatever
- >you might have. So I'm not talkin' about Multifinder or running stuff in the
- >background, just to avoid confusion. ....... I'm talking about actually
- >running two different applications in two different processors on the same
- >machine simultaneously. Has anyone heard anyhting similar??? Be warned ...
- I
- >think I read this somewhere ..... this is not fact ...... yet. Joe C.
-
- The Radius Rocket has software called RocketShare that allows you to use two
- or more Rockets independantly. You can also launch one task on the Rocket and
- another on the Macs own CPU. (I know you can use the Mac's CPU and a Rockets
- CPU on a Quadra, but I'm not sure about other Macs.) If you're software
- supports it you can also use several Rockets together on one task. eg.
- MacRenderMan can use 2 or more Rockets at the same time to render an image.
- Very cool, very fast, and VERY expensive.
-
- Matt_Harrop@magicbb.uucp or
- matt.harrop@argentic.gts.org
- THE TRUTH IS A VIRUS
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