Instruction manual

Preface

Genesis MP

About Genesis MP

The Media-Publishing Workstation for the Next Century

The machine you have before you is the new standard in the com-

puter industry—the DayStar Genesis MP. Now Macintosh users

can have the speed they associate with expensive, high-end work-

stations—but at a reasonable price.

Genesis MP is the fastest Mac OS based system available—the

first Mac OS based computer with speed built-in. Using its exper-

tise in multiprocessing, DayStar created Genesis MP with internal

multiprocessing hardware and software. Adopted by Apple,

DayStar’s nPOWER multiprocessing extensions to the Mac OS

are now the official standard for multiprocessing on the Mac.

As computer software becomes more sophisticated, designers,

illustrators, video editors, animators and multimedia producers will

require a machine that’s fast enough to keep pace with their flow

of ideas. Genesis MP is a Media-Publisher’s dream come true.

First— Genesis MP begins with a fast, upgradable PCI-bus moth-

erboard, featuring 2 SCSI busses, Ethernet, 16-bit stereo sound

and room for ample memory expansion.

Then— DayStar adds its nPOWER scalable multiprocessing tech-

nology, a fast tray-loading CD-ROM drive and a solidly-built tower

case with 10 drive bays, 350 watt power supply and three large

cooling fans for improved system reliability.

At the heart of Genesis MP is nPOWER—DayStar’s upgradable

processor card, which features up to four PowerPC 604 processors.

Since the processors are on a card, Genesis may be upgraded as

faster and more advanced processor technology becomes available.

To allow programs to take advantage of nPOWER’s speed,

DayStar has developed an open multiprocessing API (Application

Programming Interface). The API makes it very easy for program-

mers to add multiprocessing support to applications. The API stan-

dard is available to all interested developers.

Apple has acquired the rights to DayStar’s nPOWER architecture.

With Apple’s commitment, nPOWER (now known as the Apple

Multiprocessing Application Programming Interface) is assured of

software support in future versions of the Macintosh operating sys-

tem. Software developers that provide support for nPOWER include

Adobe, Metrowerks, Strata, Elastic Reality and many others.

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