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In <45mflr$ilj@maureen.teleport.com>, Darren Metcalfe <downinit@teleport.com> writes:

>> Sounds to be the perfect replacement for Amiga. 

>Does the PPC603 or 603e that Be is using have the 601's '040
>integer unit? Is it the 603 or 603e? 

From the specs on the Web, it's 603, no "e". And there's no "'040
integer unit" in the 601, or other "magic trick" for emulating '040
code. Anyone who's sampled emulated versus native versions of the same
Mac application can attest to this. The 601, and apparently the later
chips, did lift some of Motorola's ideas about processor bus design
from the MC88110 (which was a big improvement, bus-wise, over both the
88100/88200 combo and the '040).

>Add 386 emulation to WinNT and there's no reason to buy anything
>else, and if Dave Haynie's saying nice things about the machine,
>tens of thousands of Amiga owners will buy it. ;)

I'm saying nice things about the machine, and trying to find out
more. Though just because it suits one of my computing needs doesn't
necessarily mean a flock of Amiga hackers will move to it; I also have
a PClone. On the other hand, I suspect I'll be able to recommend the
BeBox to a certain class of users, I never found that much to
recommend about a PClone (it's good for EE CAD software if you can't
afford a workstation).

Oh yeah; in the future, please don't include "386" or "WinNT" in the
same sentence as "Dave Haynie", if you can avoid it :-). Thanks...

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Sr. Systems Engineer |  Hardwired Media Company | "The Deathbed Vigil"
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