Author: LST of LaserForce (195.115.40.97)
Date: 01-11-2001 00:51
Hi David,
I don't know where I read this but I always thought it was 120 MHz... Nevermind,
Hades is really a fast machine (remember my previous when I talked about the
comparisons we made with a friend between his Hades060 and my Pentium200).
I don't especially believe in benchmarks, I really prefer to see the speed of a
computer while working, and then compare with another machine.
I've also read (today) that Apple has just announced that their new mobile
computer will run a G4 at 500 MHz, also featuring a nVidia GeForce2 MX video
board, and that their next desktop Mac will get a G4 at 733 MHz - both with the
new MacOS X (based on FreeBSD). I'd really like to see MagicMac running on
them, it could be interesting.
Moreover, I've read somewhere else that the Coldfire wasn't 100% compatible
with the 680x0 series, and that most programs will need to be recompiled to
work on a Coldfire... Where's the truth (the truth is out there , I know! ;-) ) ?
I still believe that 180 MHz looks slow today.. I know there's a project of making
a PCI card where up to 4 Coldfire could be embedded with their own RAM, and
this board is supposed to work into a Hades - the 68060 is just used as a
controller, all applications are executed by the Coldfires. Why not making a
parallel architecture? Most OSes are multitask/multithread, so it should'nt be a
real problem when developpers know how to make programs running in
multithread mode. I've also heard of a new OS - called NAOS - but I can't give
you anymore details since I don't know much more... It's actually in development
phase in France.
Cool idea, huh?
Thanks all for that interesting debate,
LST
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