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From: jabernathy@pro-houston.cts.com (Joe Abernathy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: FPE and a transwarp gs
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Date: 12 Nov 89 03:54:13 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from philip@pro-generic.cts.com

> ... concerning the data bus of the Floating Point Engine as compared to
> the 68030.

The FPE employs a 16-bit data bus.

> I'm somewhat confused about these comparisons.

It's pretty easy to get that way when you start thinking about all of the
issues that are concerned in obtaining valid performance comparisons of
hardware. In fact, the staff of Byte has been consumed with this very pursuit
for years.

The only problem is that I'm not sure how many people care or even should care
about that level of detail. My post was intended only to point out that the
performance of the Apple IIGS is quite a bit better than what it gets credit
for ... and that this performance can't be measured in megahertz alone.


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