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Post #124,256
by a6l6e6x
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11/5/03 10:40:08 AM
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New It's possible the new games will have two executables.
One would be x86 and one PowerPC. That is unless they want to obsolete the old boxes.
Alex
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Post #124,258
by Arkadiy
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11/5/03 10:44:12 AM
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New Old box was what, 500MHZ?
New one will be 1.5 MHZ (?) and a better architecture. Emulation/JIT should be plenty sufficient.
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Post #124,260
by tjsinclair
11/5/03 10:47:28 AM
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New Another possibility
I understand that the PS2 has a PS1 chip inside to support PS1 games.

Though in the XBox situation, that would be somewhat self-defeating.

However, the idea of 'fat binaries' is certainly not a new one. When Apple switched to PowerPC, some developers offered binaries with both 68K and PowerPC code inside.

Tom Sinclair

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     Xbox to Switch to PowerPC - (bluke) - (18) - Nov. 5, 2003, 01:39:44 AM EST
         What about backward compatibility? - (tjsinclair) - (17) - Nov. 5, 2003, 09:02:26 AM EST
             Re: What about backward compatibility? - (bluke) - (15) - Nov. 5, 2003, 10:09:19 AM EST
                 So does this mean - (tjsinclair) - (14) - Nov. 5, 2003, 10:30:56 AM EST
                     Maybe the Xbox 2 will not play Xbox 1 games? - (orion) - Nov. 5, 2003, 10:36:13 AM EST
                     my guess - Intel pissed off Gates - (SpiceWare) - (9) - Nov. 5, 2003, 10:39:44 AM EST
                         But gave AMD only words, not action. - (a6l6e6x) - Nov. 5, 2003, 10:50:07 AM EST
                         Probably, but not about linux - (hnick) - Nov. 5, 2003, 11:01:56 AM EST
                         Software - (Andrew Grygus) - (6) - Nov. 5, 2003, 11:16:36 AM EST
                             I'm kind of surprised with the direction... - (inthane-chan) - (5) - Nov. 5, 2003, 01:37:58 PM EST
                                 Lots of info/musings in this story at TheInq. - (Another Scott) - (4) - Nov. 5, 2003, 01:59:15 PM EST
                                     I (don't) like the Cell angle. -NT - (inthane-chan) - Nov. 5, 2003, 02:24:39 PM EST
                                     The best part is that Intel get "bobkas". :) - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - Nov. 5, 2003, 09:43:15 PM EST
                                         'Zat the origin of the word bupkis? - (FuManChu) - (1) - Nov. 5, 2003, 10:50:37 PM EST
                                             I would not doubt it. - (a6l6e6x) - Nov. 5, 2003, 11:19:10 PM EST
                     It's possible the new games will have two executables. - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - Nov. 5, 2003, 10:40:08 AM EST
                         Old box was what, 500MHZ? - (Arkadiy) - Nov. 5, 2003, 10:44:12 AM EST
                         Another possibility - (tjsinclair) - Nov. 5, 2003, 10:47:28 AM EST
             Easy peasy. - (pwhysall) - Nov. 5, 2003, 10:54:44 AM EST

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