Re: RE: PowerPC emulation of the //

[sheldon@netcom.com (Sheldon Simms)]

In article <2h6rio$6te@master.cs.rose-hulman.edu> julichjh@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Joseph H Julicher) writes:
>In article <9401131742.AA62379@tuba.aix.calpoly.edu> bpang@TUBA.AIX.CALPOLY.EDU  
>besides the GS does not have the sound quality of any Mac 2

What? I own a Mac. I do not and never have owned a GS. BUT I know this
statement is totally bogus. 4-voice 8-bit sound does not an ensoniq make!

>with the powerpc to emulate the ensoniq the powerpc mac will have no problem
>doing better sound than a GS...

Exceedingly doubtful.

>BTW the DSP functions of the AV macs are emulated in the powerpc with a very
>minor speed hit.

I am very skeptical. The PowerPC is a great chip, but not God. That DSP
does a lot of work. I have a real hard time believing a PowerPC can
perform the functions of the dedicated DSPs with only a "very minor speed hit."
50% I could believe.


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