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Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 20:51:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: Joe Angell <jangell@risd.edu>
Subject: Re: LW Upgrade -- an Why Are Macs Slow?
To: Kevin Currie <curriek@Cognos.COM>
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I re-read that message I posted a bit ago and I'd like to appologize for
it... I realized it looks like a lot of Mac flaming and didn't make an
incredible amount of sense. While I'm not a big fan of te MacOS (I think
it's pretty damn slow, to tell ya the truth), I still have some problems
understanding why the PowerPC chip can't emulate an 040-40MHz Mac or so ON
a Mac while Emplant at least is somewhere around the equivilent speed --
even in the buggy IBM version. Also, I think that ShapeShifter being able
to emulate the OS AND run about the same speed as a real mac is pretty
impressive, since the PowerPC already has the OS, but still has to change
the instructions, and still runs slow...
Sorry for this rambling... I'm getting sleepy... Render... zzzz....
Thanx for the reply to clear some of this up, Kevin...
-- Joe
On Thu, 4 May 1995, Kevin Currie wrote:
> 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...
>
>
> | Think for yourself... then Decide... |-----------------------------
> | Ignorance breeds Arrogance... | curriek@cognos.com
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