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Subject: Re: Is ppc dead in general or just for chess programs (nt)

Author: Brian Richardson

Date: 06:44:30 01/25/01

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On January 24, 2001 at 19:17:41, William Bryant wrote:

>By PPC do you mean the PowerPC processor.  If so, no it's not dead.
>The latest machines by Apple look rather nice.  I would be interested in the
>64 bit version which is not available in a desktop machine to the best of
>my knowledge.
>
>Check out my web site for my PPC chess engine, Screamer.
>http://pweb.netcom.com/~wpbryant/screamer.html
>
>A PPC version of the latest Crafty is available on the Crafty FTP machine.
>
>Will runs Amature on a upgraded PPC G3 on ICC all the time.
>
>If you mean something else, the "Never Mind..." :)
>
>William
>wbryant@ix.netcom.com

In addition to the "PowerPC" versions, IBM's Power4 looks like SMP on a chip and
should be very fast, if somewhat expensive for hobbists.
Brian




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