> The 4200 is 55 specint 30 specfp, is sampling now, is pin compatible.
>
> I think unless we want to design our own mothebroard AND wait till
> next summer the 4200 is the way to go.
I completely agree, the 4200 will be the chip in the next-generation
Nintendo games. I heard this from the technical director from MIPS Europe
himself. This means that the chip will be dirt-cheap in the future.
Well 80 bucks is IMHO already very cheap.
>
> If ya want to upgrade the pc get the 4400 or 4000 pin compatible upgrade.
>
On a sideline: how difficult will it be to make some kind of daughtercard?
Dec just announced such a beast, it'll work with 486,586 (oh sorry pentium)
and (in the future) Alpha. I don't know what's on the daughtercard, but I
guess the cache and bios is on it, and of course some glue.
Ronald
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