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Subject: Re: PPC and chess programs

Author: Hans Havermann

Date: 22:16:03 11/22/97

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On November 22, 1997 at 13:33:19, Moritz Berger wrote:

>I always thought that the current PPC designs were completely memory
>starved (even compared with the also not brilliant Intel architecture),
>i.e. 50 Mhz bus speed etc. Has this changed recently? Most reviews
>completely ignore the memory bandwidth issue which is extremely
>important for chess programs, of course.

The current crop of the just-released "G3" Macs sport a 66-MHz system
bus. You can check out the full specs at:
<http://www.zdnet.com/macweek/mw_1143/rv_g3macs.html>.

HaHa: Rarebit Dreams

• Re: PPC and chess programs Leon Stancliff 18:16:42 11/25/97
  • Re: PPC and chess programs Mike Byrne 19:55:39 11/25/97
    • Re: PPC and chess programs Robert Hyatt 20:22:32 11/25/97
      • Re: PPC and chess programs Leon Stancliff 11:42:47 11/29/97
        • Re: PPC and chess programs Mike Byrne 11:25:02 12/01/97
        • Re: PPC and chess programs Robert Hyatt 12:44:02 11/29/97

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