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From: jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura)
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Subject: DSP Chip in NeXT -- how can we use it?
Message-ID: <1991May25.023910.8736@shaman.com>
Date: 25 May 91 02:39:10 GMT
Sender: jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura)
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Hiya -
	The DSP chip on the NeXT is what makes the NeXT a NeXT, but how are
people using it? I've been listening on the net for quite a while now, but
I haven't heard many people commenting on it. Is it being underutilized?
I don't think there are that many apps using it, right?  :-!
	I'd really like to hear from people who are using the chip. I've
wanted to work on it too, but NeXT does not provide many tools. I'd really
like to see a DSPKit, along the lines of the appkit. The library of routines
provided seem difficult to use. Has anyone had much experience in this? Is
anyone interested in selling a library of routines for the DSP?
	I'd especially like to hear from academia. What are the scientific
uses of the DSP? Or is it an albatross? I think that a NeXT without the DSP
is like castrating it into a Mac, but what can we use it for? Can we
explore some possibilities? How about the ten wackiest things to do with
the DSP (no boring things like: fax modem, ECG recorder, powerglove monitor,
etc. :-) 
		

	- jiro nakamura
	jiro@shaman.com
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