RE: PowerPC emulation of the //

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:>>>What operating systems will the PowerPC line of computers run?
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:>> - AND Quality Computers is looking into the feasibility of porting
:>>Apple // to the powerPC.  I hope they do!  P8, P16 and 3.3 would be
:>>great!
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:>I certainly hope that this becomes a reality. Anywhere that we can fax /
:>E-mail to support this project?
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:E-mail Quality Computers at:  iialive@pro-quality.cts.com
:They announced in II Alive, Nov/Dec 93.
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:Addition:  I did not forget GS/OS.  It was a //e user oversight. :)
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>Response #1:  <bpang@tuba.aix.calpoly.edu>
>Hmm, interesting thought!  The PowerPC would surely be able to emulate a
>fast GS considering that it can do a 486 quite speedily.  The gs graphics
>would not be all that difficult, but how about the sound?
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>Brennan\

 
I would hope that the initial Apple PowerPC would have some of the nice
AV capabilities that the high-end Quadras and Centrises (Centri) have.
How else would the PPC emulate these machines?  They might be close enough
to GS sound. (grin)