Re: [++] K6 fpu vs Pentium for Quake (Was: Re: Single kni pipeline == byebye Intel dominance)

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From: Peter da Silva
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 00:00

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In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.981023091630.11793E-100000@howard>,
Patrick  <patrick@howard.genetics.utah.edu> wrote:
>Certainly.  How much SPARC-based, or Alpha-based, etc, software can you 
>get, well, ANYWHERE?

Plenty. The only software I run that I don't have source for is Netscape,
Photoshop, and Microsoft Orifice. Netscape runs on anything, I'm pondering
GIMP, and I use Office as a document reader for documents people too thick
to use portable formats send me.

Followups set.

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From: peter@baileynm.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: [++] K6 fpu vs Pentium for Quake (Was: Re: Single kni pipeline == byebye Intel dominance)
Date: 1998/10/23
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