Article View: comp.sys.mac
Article #10980Re: New RISC Graphics for Macs (and other Quest's)
From: Arturo Perez x6739
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 1990 17:02
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 1990 17:02
34 lines
1576 bytes
1576 bytes
From article <22297@watdragon.waterloo.edu>, by nrjwong@lion.waterloo.edu: > In article <29560@amdcad.AMD.COM> brett@cayman.AMD.COM (Brett Stewart) writes: >>The following information is the text of a product announcement >>concerning the use of a RISC processor, the Am29000, in new Mac >>graphic solutions from Apple. >> > [Stuff Deleted] >> >>The new apple card takes advantage of the power of the >>high-performance Am29000 (29K(tm)) to work in conjunction with the >>system's central processing unit (CPU). This allows the CPU to work >>on other tasks while the 29K-based card executes graphics commands. Are all of the new Apple graphics cards Risc based? What are the differences amonst them? Do they replace the video card I have or do I still need it? If I buy the "weakest", "cheapest" or whatever-you-want-to-call-it card can I upgrade it all the way to the whiz-bangiest? What mail order houses are stocking these things? Arturo Perez ComputerVision, a division of Prime aperez@cvbnet.prime.com Too much information, like a bullet through my brain -- The Police
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<144@cvbnetPrime.COM>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!atexnet!cvbnet!aperezReferences:
<22297@watdragon.waterloo.edu>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!atexnet!cvbnet!aperez From: aperez@cvbnet.UUCP (Arturo Perez x6739) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.graphics,comp.arch Subject: Re: New RISC Graphics for Macs (and other Quest's) Message-ID: <144@cvbnetPrime.COM> Date: 22 Mar 90 17:02:26 GMT References: <22297@watdragon.waterloo.edu> Sender: postnews@cvbnetPrime.COM Lines: 34