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Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 15:56:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Kevin Currie <curriek@Cognos.COM>
Subject: Re: LW Upgrade -- an Why Are Macs Slow?
To: Joe Angell <jangell@risd.edu>
Cc: Neil Richmond <neil@rhythm.com>, lightwave-l@netcom.com
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On Wed, 3 May 1995, Joe Angell wrote:
> Why is it that Macs can't emulate even THEMSELVES (PowerPC running
> non-native) at a reasonable speed (68030-ish, I think), but an 040 33MHz
Because the PowerPC chip has to emulate a *TOTALLY DIFFERENT* chip.
That takes alot of work.
> Amiga can run Mac or PC software FASTER than an equivilent Mac or PC (040
> 40MHz Mac/486DX2 PC, using an EMPLANT)?!? Even SHAREWARE, software ONLY
> Shapeshifter claims the speed of an equivilently equiped Mac.
Emplant and SS are as fast as they are because THEY ARE NOT EMULATING
THE PROCESSOR, only the OS. Nobody (except JD) has "proven" that the Amiga
can emulate a PC faster than the PC runs native.
> Why won't the DOS card work on the Mac? I want to get an Emplant and a
What do you mean? There's at least a few different DOS cards for
the Mac.
> Picasso II simply to run PhototShop (and probobly Fractal Design Painter).
> It it some strange IBM addressing thing, or is the Mac just wierd?
I'm not sure what you're talking about at all...
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