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From: U3364521@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (Lou Cavallo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: A-Max II
Message-ID: <1092@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
Date: 30 Sep 90 06:47:09 GMT
References: <0093D687C82BA920.00000725@dcs.simpact.com>
Organization: I.A.E.S.R., Melbourne University
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G'day,

TS> In article <0093D687C82BA920.00000725@dcs.simpact.com>,
TS> whitewolf@gnh-starport.cts.com (Tae Song) writes: 

> |The newest version of Amax (A-Max II) has support for Apple  talk
> |and  will  run  with the newest 50 Mhz 68030 accelerator card for
> |the Amiga 2000.  How's a 50 Mhz 68030/68882 stand  up  against  a
> |pokey old Mac IIfx?

TS> Actually the Mac IIfx can beat out 50Mhz acceleratros for the older Mac IIs.

Thanks for the info. I've been needing another data point for the IIfx.

> Lot of the bottlenecks removed as well, and of course Amiga doesn't have full
> 32-bit slots or capable of displaying 24-bit graphics or it's expandiblity.

Just a factual correction. Most Amigas do not have 32 bit slots. The Amiga 3000
does and each slot has throughput of around 20 Mbits/sec (they don't run at a
fixed clock rate) on the 25Mhz models.

The normal Nubus slots on the IIfx run at around 5 Mbits/sec I've read. Can any
one confirm/deny this?  The IIfx has a faster 20 MHz buss connection to the CPU
however but I forget if that is the processor direct slot.

> I find it amusing how Amiga users always compare their machines against the
> Mac  IIs.  Face it Amiga always comes in as runner up at best.

I agree that Amax II will only give a 50 MHz (with that accelerator) Mac Plus
emulation. I think many Amiga owners ask about this because they don't know as
much about the Macintosh CPUs as others do.

With the Amiga 3000 I do not believe it is a runner up against the appropriate
h/w (perhaps Mac IIci) but then this is a topic for comp.sys.amiga not here.

> Mac IIs maybe expensive, but at least you get what you pay for.
> /s

This is an Apple II group no?  Perhaps if you'd like to discuss your other views
we can do that via e-mail? {I'm studying very hard at the moment I may not reply
for quite a while. Sorry.}

yours truly,
Lou Cavallo.