Re: Re: Call for platforms

I would.....

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On 3/26/01, 2:36:19 PM, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu> wrote
regarding Re: [HACKERS] Re: Call for platforms:

> > "PPC750"? What's that? "PPC G3" might be more likely to mean something
> > to onlookers ...

> Actually "G3" means nothing outside of Apple afaict. The 750 series is a
> follow-on to the 60x series, and there is a 7xxx series also. From my
> pov, using an accepted label, rather than a marketing (re)label, better
> indicates *what* this actually can run on. I'm not sure that I have it
> labeled correctly yet, but "G3" is not a step in the right direction.

> As we both found, it is difficult to wade through Apple's own docs to
> decipher which processor is actually built into the system.

> Should I put "Mac G3" in the comment section?

> - Thomas

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