Re: Cheapt PowerPC G4 PCI coprocessor card for the PC?

From: DarbyCrash (bobby.pyn_at_gmail.com)
Date: 06/26/05

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    Frank de Groot wrote:
    > I am looking for the cheapest PowerPC G4 PCI coprocessor board for the PC.
    >
    > All boards I have found are for military/medical applications and they sell
    > for very inflated prices compared to a Mac Mini.
    >
    > When a Mac Mini can sell for 500 USD, shouldn't it be possible to have a PCI
    > card with a 1 GHz G4 available for 300 USD?
    >
    > Volume and R&D cost is the issue here of course..
    >
    > Anyonecould point me to the cheapest G4 PowerPC board(s) available? (1000
    > USD would be my limit).
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    > Frank de Groot
    >
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    I doubt you'll find it. It wouldn't make sense to run a G4 co-processor
    off a PCI daughter board. You would bottleneck on the PCI bus speed.
    You'd be better off just using a PPC emulator like pearpc->
    http://pearpc.sourceforge.net. 

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