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- From: mhughes@comtch.spk.wa.us (Mark Hughes)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
- Subject: Re: 680x0 vs. 80x86...
- Message-ID: <3LDuTB1w165w@comtch.spk.wa.us>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 23:54:49 GMT
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- michael.smith@f842.n800.z3.fido.zeta.org.au (michael smith) writes:
- > m> A 32MHz 68030 Mac is at roughly the same speed as a 33MHz 386dx. I
- > m> know the TT is a bit slower at some things, maybe 25MHz 386dx
- > m> equivalent. I have no idea about the 68040 or the 486.
- >
- > Hmm... I'm not too sure on that one - I use (& code for) a 386DX33 with a
- > 387 at work, and my code seems (I say seems, I haven't timeed it) to run
- > somewhat more snappily on my TT than the DX... and as a rule TOS seems to be
- > a little quicker on drive/file operations.
- >
- > However, there are a large number of other considerations here ... (screen
- > I/O, genearl responsiveness, my bias, etc 8)
-
- Well, my estimate of TT speed is as compared to 32-bit Unix on a 386dx.
- Under DOS, you're looking at the TT being somewhat faster - not to
- mention more capable. OS/2.0 would be faster, except for that silly PC
- video bus crippling it.
-
- - Mark Hughes (Caves of Steel 509-624-2078) mhughes@comtch.spk.wa.us
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