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Re: the JPEG chip for ND

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From: andrew
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 21:54
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In article <1992Oct30.081330.23187@ra.msstate.edu> hybowie@sunvis2.vislab.olemiss.edu (Reagen B. Ward) writes:
>out of curiousity, can the c-cube JPEG chip they finally released be purchased
>or is it still being shunned by NeXT?

The problem wasn't that C-Cube never shipped the hardware, but that
when they did, it required about 20 extra chips to make the thing
work.  There was simply no room left on the board, so they took it
out.


andrew
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Subject: Re: the JPEG chip for ND
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