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From: hastings@pine.Berkeley.EDU (Mark Hastings)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: 29000 for Quickdraw acceleration
Keywords: Rumor mill, mindless speculation
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Date: 11 Apr 89 05:24:04 GMT
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Recently, people were discussing how a 29000 RISC processor might be included
in future Macintosh motherboards as a Quickdraw accelerator.

One of the main uses of a graphics accelerator is to blast bits around quickly.
Would a 29000 on the motherboard really help to blast bits that are located on
a NuBus video card?  I always assumed that companies would opt for something
like a TI-34010 on the video card itself (some may already do this).  Are
there any other good uses for a motherboard-based 29000 in accelerating 
Quickdraw?

Thanks,
	Mark Hastings
	hastings@ernie.berkeley.edu		..!ucbvax!ernie!hastings