Author: Ernst A. Heinz
Date: 02:18:00 01/04/99
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On January 03, 1999 at 20:47:04, Carsten Kossendey wrote: > > [...] > >Firstly, it uses 64 bit math which is sorta uncomfortable for those of us not >having received any 64 bit machines for free, and not being able to afford >such. Hear, hear ... :-) I do not know what your PPC/PowerMac has cost or what it costs today. But I definitely know that a 533MHz Samsung Alpha-21164a CPU and mainboard cost exactly as much (in Germany!) as an according 400MHz AMD K6-2 combination. They should be even cheaper in the US and the last time I checked, a 533MHz DEC 21164PC CPU with an original DEC mainboard cost even 30% less. So much for affordability of true 64-bit machines ... (ah, yes, Linux comes for free on all these beasts :-). =Ernst=
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