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Article #1289Re: PowerPC: the ultimate games machine??
From: Thomas Aaron Insel
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 23:20
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 23:20
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seanmcd@ac.dal.ca writes: > This might seem like a weird question, but is anyone thinking of writing games > for the PowerPC? > If the hype is right, this is going to be one fast machine, with 1992/3 level > technology for graphics and sound. > How about making a game card for this machine, with a wicked sound synthesizer > w. multichannel sound plus graphics acceleration providing sprites, zoom, > rotation, etc.? I'm not going to do it, but does anyone see this as an > opportunity? If it's anything like a mac, it will have multichannel sound built in. If it's as powerful as I've seen claimed, a graphics accelerator wouldn't make much point for games. The only thing we need is an ADB joystick... -- Thomas Insel (tinsel@uiuc.edu) "Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt." -- Clarence Darrow
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!tai50080 From: tinsel@uiuc.edu (Thomas Aaron Insel) Newsgroups: rec.games.programmer Subject: Re: PowerPC: the ultimate games machine?? Message-ID: <BvEzHJ.54L@news.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 30 Sep 92 23:20:05 GMT Article-I.D.: news.BvEzHJ.54L References: <1992Sep30.181256.7872@ac.dal.ca> Sender: usenet@news.cso.uiuc.edu (Net Noise owner) Reply-To: tinsel@uiuc.edu Organization: Masticating Illini Lines: 18 Originator: tai50080@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu