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Re: eBay : Sonnet Quaddoubler
« on: May 06, 2013, 10:19:20 PM »
Huh, I didn't know Sonnet did Amiga expansions...looks like they just adapted one of their Mac boards, but still...huh.
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Re: eBay : Sonnet Quaddoubler
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2013, 05:33:19 AM »
Probably just because by the time the 060 came out, Apple had already started introducing the Power Macs.
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Re: eBay : Sonnet Quaddoubler
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2013, 06:21:05 AM »
Yeah, but it would've been a losing battle - if everything was going to be moving to PPC (as it did, if gradually,) then any such product would've been stuck with a steadily-dwindling software base right out of the gate.
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