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lew...@cs.ualberta.ca (Michael Lewchuk) writes:
>th...@aloha.cc.columbia.edu (Tom  Hong) writes:
>>>Oh, btw, regarding Falcon's comments about the PowerPC coming out: although
>>>the PowerPC is competitive with the 586 line, it has its own instruction set
>>>and is not (to my knowlege) 586 compatible.  It may be 486 compatible with
>>>translation software.  I'm not sure, though.  Any PowerPC people out there?

>> [ .... PowerPC emulates 386DX software, 486DX hardware ...]
>>	Origin can conceivably write games for PowerPC.

>Yes, but I still don't believe that it will induce Origin to drop the 486
>market.  On the contrary, it will induce Origin to stick with 486s.  While
>they could develop PowerPC-specific code, the question is "will the market
>support PowerPC versions of WC3?".

	Why would they want to do that?  Seems to me that by the time the
PowerPC will finally emerge (if), then by that time the 686 will be just about
ready to roll out... so it would be a little useless writing games for a machine
like the PowerPC - especially if it will stay "serious" as another person
elsewhere describes.  As for Origin dropping the 486 market... well I doubt they
will be seriously supporting it a year from now (if they still exist a year
from now ie).


							- Falcon