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- Date: Sun, 18 Feb 96 19:02:16 GMT+1
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- Subject: Re: Amiga doesn`t need Pl
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- From: john.hendrikx@grafix.xs4all.nl (John Hendrikx)
- Message-ID: <john.hendrikx.4gd4@grafix.xs4all.nl>
- Organization: Grafix Attack BBS Holland
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- In a message of 15 Feb 96 Juergen "rally" Fischer wrote to All:
-
- |>> Z-II is slow, so slow in fact that it is slower than accessing 32-bit
- |>> ChipRAM of the A1200 (Z-II after all is a 16-bit bus). It will give a
- |>> performance boost on slow machines with 16-bit ChipRAM, but the
- |>> speed-limit would be the same as with 16-bit ChipRAM. In other words,
- |>> if you have a 68040/25 then doing C2P to 16-bit ChipRAM, or copying it
- |>> to the 16-bit gfx-card would be just as fast (well, that is if you use a
- |>> LoRes 4 bitplane display...)
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- JrF> So a Z-II user telling his clone is so quick because of using gfx-card
- JrF> is wrong...
-
- No, clones have got VLB and PCI slots which are quite a bit faster than Z-II.
- With plain 16-bit ISA you are about as fast as an Amiga with Z-II and a
- gfx-card.
-
- Grtz John
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