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- From: mharrell@sojourn1.sojourn.com (Matt Harrell)
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- Date: 13 Mar 1996 20:38:53 GMT
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- Karl Thomas (kathomas@nyx.cs.du.edu) wrote:
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- : >slow for PC type OS's - the Amiga can do a lot with that power.
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- : You mean the Amiga OS will automatically make pictures render twice as fast?
- : The '030 is just as pitifully slow on the Amiga as a 386 PC. Try
- : comparing similar apps doing similar things.
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- That depends on just what the app is. Granted, when I render images
- with POV-Ray on my 50MHz 030/882, it's not going to compare to a fast
- 486 to 686 machine, but when I use applications like word processors
- they compare quite well compared to the machines I use at work, which
- have considerably faster processors.
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