Re: TI-H:PowerPC

Re: TI-H:PowerPC

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• Subject: Re: TI-H:PowerPC
• From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
• Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 18:52:55 -0800 (AKDT)
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Yeah.  The stable release for BEOS is out for the mac, but the PC version
crashes faster than Win95 on the internet.

>Actually, it has to do with the Amiga's vector processing sceme.  Instead of
>having the CPU do all the work, it hands it off to a seperate chip to do it.
>Kinda like what the industry is doing with 3d accelerators, except Amiga did
>it 10 years ago.  So in order to do anything related to sound, the sound
>chip (named Copper, I believe) would do all the work.  Now THAT's a true
>multitasking environment, much more stable and efficient, unlike Mac or
>Windows, but similar to what BEos is doing.

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