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From: aperez@cvbnet.UUCP (Arturo Perez x6739)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.graphics,comp.arch
Subject: Re: New RISC Graphics for Macs (and other Quest's)
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Date: 22 Mar 90 17:02:26 GMT
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From article <22297@watdragon.waterloo.edu>, by nrjwong@lion.waterloo.edu:
> In article <29560@amdcad.AMD.COM> brett@cayman.AMD.COM (Brett Stewart) writes:
>>The following information is the text of a product announcement
>>concerning the use of a RISC processor, the Am29000, in new Mac
>>graphic solutions from Apple.
>>
> [Stuff Deleted]
>>
>>The new apple card takes advantage of the power of the
>>high-performance Am29000 (29K(tm)) to work in conjunction with the
>>system's central processing unit (CPU).  This allows the CPU to work
>>on other tasks while the 29K-based card executes graphics commands.

Are all of the new Apple graphics cards Risc based?

What are the differences amonst them?

Do they replace the video card I have or do I still need it?

If I buy the "weakest", "cheapest" or whatever-you-want-to-call-it
card can I upgrade it all the way to the whiz-bangiest?

What mail order houses are stocking these things?







Arturo Perez
ComputerVision, a division of Prime
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