[G4] Aha! 970's! & the Bus

[CJ Scaminaci]

ATA 66 and ATA 100 have really limited macs. I'm a SCSI man myself. 
It's more expensive but I like it better and it offers faster speeds. I 
would think Apple would have the system bus running at at least 800Mhz 
if not more. Otherwise it would just be a waste of that fast chip.

CJ
On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 11:26 AM, Daniel Brieck wrote:

> The most important thing that has to happen with the new powermacs  is 
> to leave behind the legacy Maxbus  and all the other technologies that 
> are slowing/ limiting  the machines like ATA 66 and ATA 100 buses and 
> finally the AGP 4x slot. Apple should make a machine that pushes the 
> limits in all aspects and not just stick with what is adequate to run 
> the machine. Here is an interesting read about a machine that is ahead 
> of its time.
>
> http://www.acornworld.net/~jmayrand/macII.html
>
> Now notice the section about the Mac IIfx, this computer had a 40 MHz 
> processor and a 40 MHz bus, that is pushing the limit. Now I don't if 
> that is even possible with todays computers speeds, but the bus gap 
> should be closed with the next generation powermacs it just make sense 
> to do so. This is what we hear rumors about the IBM PPC 970 and the 
> new system bus to accompany it.
>
> Questions:
>
> What speed should the next generation mac bus run at?
>
> I would say about 800 MHz.
>
> What does everyone think the bus speed should be at?
>
>
> Dan Brieck Jr.
>
> On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 11:25  AM, CJ Scaminaci wrote:
>
>> Right I know it's not that simple...but technically speaking in an 
>> operating system optimized for 64 bit wide processors it would be 
>> about a 2x increase. Of course it is limited by the system bus speed 
>> and by memory bus speeds so of course 2X isn't exactly what you would 
>> be getting.
>> On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 01:22 AM, M Hood wrote:
>>
>>> No. It's not that simple.
>>>
>>> mark
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "CJ Scaminaci" <halogenius at sbcglobal.net>
>>> To: "Power Macintosh G4 List" <G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 8:30 PM
>>> Subject: [G4] Aha! 970's!
>>>
>>>
>>>> 64 bit processors would give the
>>>> average user a 2X increase in speed right off.
>
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