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- From: bsieker@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (Bernd Sieker)
- Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
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- Message-ID: <BSIEKER.96Mar26181647@sieglinde.TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
- In-Reply-To: tempest@netins.net's message of 26 Mar 1996 04:51:36 GMT
- Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 16:16:47 GMT
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- In article <0099FE26.68118BCD@netins.net> tempest@netins.net writes:
-
- >
- > 68060 processor runs EVERYTHING much faster than any 040. The programs
- > do NOT have to be optimized for an 040/060 at all. Get a life.
- >
- > 040 Amiga's run mac software faster than an 040 Mac does, 060 Amiga's
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- No they don't. Ever cared to run speedomoeter on ShapeShifter? It's a
- tiny bit slower than a Mac with the same CPU.
-
- And don't go along and compare a 68040-Amiga to a 68EC040-Mac on
- floating point performance!
-
- > blow the shit out of o4o mac's when it comes to running their software.
- >
- > Mac computers are not that great and we can emulate them perfectly. :)
-
- No. We cannot, for example, emulate PPC, change screen modes while
- running, etc ...
-
- > This should be the last of this topic. Amiga's emulate mac software,
-
- No, they _run_ Mac software. They don't emulate it..
-
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