Re: What computer would you buy to replace your //* ?

[cust_ts@kruuna.Helsinki.FI (Tero Sand)]

In article <CC31y8.DAo@rainbow.cse.nau.edu> jwa@sunset.cse.nau.edu (James W Abendschan) writes:
>The low-end PowerPC chip, according to Motorola, outperforms the pentium.
>of course, this is not real-world performance, just Motorolas own benchmarks.
>We won't *really* know how speedy it is until people start to use it.  I've
>got the ad around here somewhere ["And you thought the Pentium was fast."]
>I'll reprint it if requested.

Not quite, I think; Byte (August issue) had a real card... umm, just a
moment.. here:
	
	"The YARC Systems' PowerCard is a $5000 development platform
	for the PowerPC. It features an MPC601 and and 16 MB of 
	enhanced DRAM. A C compiler and debugging tools for both DOS
	and Windows are also available. A Mac version is in the works."

This issue is recommended for anyone interested in the PowerPC.
Anyway, according to Byte's tests, the MPC is about 1.5x-5x as fast as
the Pentium.

_When_ I give up my GS - sorry, don't have room for 2 computers
(really!) - it'll most likely be a PowerPC. However, that's probably at
least 2 years away.. as long as the GS does what I need, I see no point
in switching to either a PC or a Mac.
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