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From: cknight@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (King Claudius)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: IBM 8x486 ...
Message-ID: <25b76ec2.18b3@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Date: 19 Jan 90 19:47:14 GMT
Reply-To: cknight@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (King Claudius)
Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo
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I hear a lot of people say "a 486 machine can beat an
Amiga..."

Sure they can.  But you also have to pay for that power.
And how many 486 machines have THESE FEATURES
+ NTSC standard output
+ Blitter chip
+ Hardware supported multitasking
+ DMA channeling
+ Two joystick ports (I know, but it's another ~$50 for IBM's)

So the point is--so you don't get quite as fast a machine,
but you get more for your $.  If you want to do a fair comparison
go and spend the same amount on an 80486 machine and an
Amiga (buying a processor board first off...like a 68030
with a meg or two).

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cknight@polyslo.calpoly.edu                    ---King Claudius---