I saw this years ago and enjoyed it. It's from a PBS show called the Computer Chronicles. This episode would be from 1994 when the PowerPC 601 was introduced by Apple. The 601 was the first PowerPC chip. The chip came out in 92, but wasn't released in an Apple system until 94, and it was still ahead of Intel tech at the time.
Keep in mind that this is the sub-100 MHz era.
The Computer Chronicles - PowerPC
Very nice. I was a Special Education teacher in Bouse, AZ at that point, using a Mac Color Classic. How I coveted the Power Mac 6100. Eventually, I got one and used it for many years. It's still out in my shed.
ReplyDeletePowerPC certainly has nothing to be ashamed of as it continues to function just fine on Mars, a G3 is running Wind River Linux as I write this.
Ah... I remember that show!
ReplyDeleteI still run a G4 Mini as a secondary computer (only secondary because of browser support). Does everything I need it to!