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- From: porter_woodward@internet.kronos.com (Porter Woodward)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Processors
- Date: 25 Mar 1996 15:41:28 GMT
- Organization: Software Quality Assurance
- Message-ID: <4j6er8$6up@beavis.kronos.com>
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- In article <4j0tdu$bb7@xmission.xmission.com>, butlerm@xmission.xmission.com says...
- >
- >>Porter Woodward (porter_woodward@internet.kronos.com) wrote:
- >>
- >>: 68000 = 8088
- >>: 68010 = ?
- >>: 68020 = 80286
- >>: 68030 = 80386
- >>: 68040 = 80486
- >>: 68060 = Pentium
- >
- >That matching is almost an insult. ALL of the 68000 processors are 32 bits.
- >The difference between the 68000 and the 68020 is the same as the difference
- >between the 80386SX (16 bit bus, 32 bit internal) and the 80386 (32 bit bus,
- >32 bit internal). Your table should look like this:
- >
- >68000 = 80386SX
- >68010 = 80386SX
- >68020 = 80386
- >68030 = 80486SX (if the 030 is an MMU version)
- >68040 = 80486
- >68060 = Pentium
- >
- >In actual practice, however my 7.16 MHZ Amiga 1000 ran circles around
- >my 486SX33 running Windows, even though the 486 is a considerably faster
- >processor. Count this up to the blitter, 32 bit architecture, and
- >directly mapped video memory (no slow ISA bus).
-
- More of this results from time-table matching, i.e. the processors that were available at a
- similar time in history. Not necessarily from actual speed ratings.
-
- One question does pop into mind about the A1000 to 486SX comparison. How many
- colors was the A1000 using? A 486SX is definitively faster than a 68000 @ 7.14 MHz.
-
- - Porter Woodward
-
-