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- From: mwang@pierre.mit.edu (WANG, MARK)
- Subject: Re: SE to SE/30: Worth It?
- Message-ID: <15SEP199218081644@pierre.mit.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 23:08:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep15.150239.5620@oswego.Oswego.EDU>, ostroff@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Boyd O writes...
- >In article <ingemar.716463164@isy.liu.se> ingemar@isy.liu.se (Ingemar Ragnemalm) writes:
- >>ostroff@Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff) writes:
- >>
- >>>True the SE/30 is faster than the si, but that's not the only issue.
- >>
- >>You are about the fourth person claiming that the SE/30 should be faster
- >>than a IIsi, and not telling us why.
- >
- >I would be interested to see any real data on how the machines compare rather
- >than "my dog's better than your dog" articles.
- >
- There is a comparison of the "Performance of the Mac Family" in the March
- 1992 MacUser, page 139.* With their results, the SE/30 (monochrome) is
- about 3.6 times faster than a MacClassic, and a IIsi (8-bit mode) is only
- about 2.5 times faster than a Classic. The IIsi (monochrome) results are
- slightly faster than the SE/30 at around 3.9 times faster than a Classic.
-
- Additionally, the IIcx (I assume w/ an 8-bit video card) is listed at 3.2,
- and the IIci (on-board 8-bit) is 3.1. It is noted vigorously throughout
- that on-board video really slows down performance (I heard a third of the
- cycles went to managing the video?).
-
- -Mark
-
- * After seeing this, I added an 8-bit video card + color monitor to my
- SE/30, and it feels ("my dog's better than your dog") faster than any IIsi
- I've used running on-board video.
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- Mark Wang MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science
- internet: mwang@mitlns.mit.edu
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