Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Jul 1999 14:24:29 -0700 (PDT) | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | Re: porting linux to DSP |
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On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Marc Mutz wrote: > When Atari put the Motorola 56001 DSP in the Falcon computer, it was The > Right Thing(tm). Look at the sw that emerged for the platform: HD > recording et al. There was also an image viewer that used the DSP to > decompress JPG images.
I owned an Atari Falcon. The DSP as implemented in the system was a joke. IMHO they would have gained more from putting a 68040 in the system than a 68030 with 56001. Or even a 68030 at 33mhz rather than 16.
-Dan
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