Re: [NTLK] OT: first gen PPC macs

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>On 11/29/02 @ 3:28 PM, Martin Joseph wrote:
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>I have repeatedly been stuck by how much snappier
>the last '040 mac's were when compared with there
>replacements....

Remember, this wasn't all due to hardware issues.

The System was not ported completely to the PPC until much later.
Initially, only certain parts of the system ported. The remainder of the
system ran in an emulation mode which slowed these portions of the
system, and thus the whole system, down considerably.

Sushi

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