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From: Ole Andre Schistad <Ole.Andre.Schistad@ifi.unit.no>
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Subject: Re: DraCO's RISC chip for Amiga
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On Sun, 30 Apr 1995 blaise@lois.dti.com wrote:
> workstations. The only problem is that this processor is not running
> NT (if it is, please ignore my ENTIRE post), and therefore has, as of
> this moment, exactly zero applications.
The DraCo is an amiga clone , and as such runs a customized version of
AmigaOS. It originally comes with an 060 , but can supposedly be upgraded
with RISC chips later. The RISC upgrade will almost certainly include
a 680x0 emulator . So LW will still run with the RISC upgrade , NT or
no NT. Unfortunately , emulating a totally alien instruction set
produces a huge overhead , and that's why a specific port of LW would
be nice . I doubt it's justifiable for NewTek to spend time porting
LW to work in a native-mode though , as the user base with Alpha'ed
DraCos will probably be very small.
>
> Applications are written to an operating system first, and a
> processor second, so Lightwave would have to be much more than
> "patched" in order to run on this accelerator card. This is the same
> argument that causes NewTek to say that an NT/PowerPC port would be
> much easier than a MacOS/PowerPC port.
Actually , the whole point of the DraCo is to allow people to
keep their old programs and AmigaOS , and still be able to upgrade to
state-of-the-art CPUs. Personally , I love the amigas operating system,
in spite of all its quirks (No resource tracking hence no proper kill,
flaky VMem etc) . A DraCo would be right up my alley , if only I could
afford one.
#include <stddisclaimer.h>
#define REALNAME Ole Andre Schistad
#define EMAIL (schizo@nvg.unit.no || olesc@ifi.unit.no)
#define OCCUPATION Comp.Sci student and 3D animation hobbyist.
main(){ printf("Hello World\n");return(-1);}
/* The world is an illusion. */