State of the art

[Cameron Kaiser]

> > There's a group somewhere (can't remember the name or URL) working on
> > developing parallel processing algorithms that run on your graphics
> > card -- essentially treating it as a vector coprocessor for your PC.
> 
> That reminds me of some attempts that were made to use Macintosh as a
> terminal, and run programs on the Laserwriter (which had a slightly faster
> 68000 than the computer).

There was also various programs for the C64, mostly demos, that used the
1541 as a co-processor. This was largely hampered by the 1541's paltry RAM
and the slow IEC bus, though.

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