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From:Nick Lamburn
Date:8 Jun 2000 at 16:15:10
Subject:Re: PPC PC Emulator, Bridgeboards, MicroniK....

Hi Michael

>> Is PCx PPC happening or not? Is a PPC Pc emulator coming this
>> way? Or am I
>> just best off getting a Bridgeboard (like the CBM '386SX or
>> Vortex 486) for
>> an A3000 when I get it?
>
> I dunno what happened to PPC PCx. MAybe they will do it after Fusion PPC?
> I do know that the current PCx sucks and will not run on my CGX display :(

Tell me all about it, but yours truly here has PC-Task 4.4, nyaaa nya nyaa!
:) Well, on my 040/25MHz 68K it's not that much fun. In fact, it's exactly
half the performance I had with my 040/40MHz - and that's quite a
difference. So how on earth did I manage with PC-Task on my 030/50 in 1997?
And I ran (crawled ;) windoze on it! :))

Seriously though, any PPC PC emulator would be dead handy for me, and it
would exercise it nicely. Even if I only get low end 486 performance I
would be very happy. :) So come on someone there's a niche here to explore!
;) Anyways, the PPC is Bi Endian so that's one bottleneck out of the way!
:)

>> Do the brideboards rely on ECS, or can a RTG card be used? Can a
>> Bridgeboard be used on the MicroniK Zorro II break out board
>> for the A1200?
>> Will Micronik's ZII board work with a BPPC?
>
> Bugger it all, it would be cheaper and better to buy a PC and a switch box
> IMO. You can share your monitor and maybe keyboard with the PC then.

Buy a PC, but I'd be damned if I bought a PC and ran windoze on it ;) In
fact i was really more interested in whether there was a PPC PC emulation
in the works and then I suddenly thought of these bridgeboard things :)
I'd buy a PC, but only for the Amiga SDK! :)

Regards

Nick.



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