Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.hardware:4310 comp.sys.amiga:70505 comp.sys.amiga.tech:15582 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!milton!ogicse!intelhf!agora!billsey From: billsey@agora.uucp (Bill Seymour) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Multi-processor i860 board Message-ID: <1990Oct31.001337.24485@agora.uucp> Date: 31 Oct 90 00:13:37 GMT References: <1990Oct22.152917.26941@engin.umich.edu> Organization: Open Communication Forum Lines: 24 In article joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg) writes: :NO! We don't want an Intel chip in our Ami's! I'd rather have an MC88000, :since any Motorola chip can easily trash it's Intel equivelent. Better take a closer look at those two chips. They perform vastly different functions. The 88000 series are targeted at UNIX based systems, with fairly good performance for that type of thing. The i860 is targeted more toward a full system PC or video game. It has a graphics engine onboard as well as the CPU and FPU. With an internal 64bit bus, it's going to make some killer video games in a couple of years! :-) I personally would rather see an i860 coprocessor board than an 88000 coprocessor board. After all, no existing Amiga code would run on either one... :-Joseph Hillenburg : :UUCP: ...iuvax!valnet!joseph :ARPA: valnet!joseph@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu :INET: joseph@valnet.UUCP -- -Bill Seymour billsey@agora ***** American People/Link Amiga Zone Hardware Specialist NES*BILL ***** Bejed, Inc. NES, Inc. Northwest Amiga Group At Home Sometimes (503) 281-8153 (503) 246-9311 (503) 656-7393 BBS (503) 640-0842