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Re: Retrochallenge, a challenge for old computer users.
« on: June 01, 2005, 09:33:42 PM »
Yeah, I couldn't access it either.

Why no PPC anyway? I isn't as if they are that new anymore, is it? I had mine since 1998 or something (Damn, I can't actually remember. Were they available then? :lol:)
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Re: Retrochallenge, a challenge for old computer users.
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2005, 09:39:59 PM »
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quick reply, I like that :-)

PPC is too powerfull I guess. Since processing power went up exponentially they will have to draw a line somewhere.


:lol: A 603e 240MHz on a somewhat crippled memory bus (not to mention all the issues with context switches etc) with no L2 cache is too powerful?
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