Re: PowerPC GS?

[cdeschu@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Chris Deschu)]

In article <CzDr48.2DK@crash.cts.com>,
Randy Shackelford <shack@crash.cts.com> wrote:
>In article <3act1k$18r@nyx10.cs.du.edu>,
>Chris Deschu <cdeschu@nyx10.cs.du.edu> wrote:
>
>>	I've seen and used STM on a PowerMac 8100. It was slow, it
>>said it's speed was about 1.2mhz max, but if you were doing anything
>>in the background, it dropped to like 0.8mhz.
>
>When I run it on my Quadra 700 (25 mHz '040) I can get around 1.7 mHz. I saw
>it run on a friend's PM 7100/66 and it ran around .7 mHz. You gotta remember 
>that the processor is running a 68000 emulator, which is in turn running the
>][+ emulator. It's not gonna be as fast as real live hardware in that
>situation. I think a native emulator would really smoke, and be at least as
>fast as the standard IIgs hardware.
>So what haapened to Quality's pledge to check into the feasibility of a IIgs
>emulator?
>--
>Randy Shackelford                                Huh huh, that was cool.
>shack@crash.cts.com
>

Has anyone considered collecting a list of names of people who would
pledge to definitely buy it if it was developed? Some people (including
me) would probably even pay for it before development begins, but they
would have to refund the money if they chose to abandon the product.
If we sent them a big enough list of potential customers, they might
consider it. Shall we begin? How much would such a product be worth
paying for? I'd suggest at least $100-$150?
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