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From: hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu)
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Subject: Re: Emulators
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Date: 14 Oct 90 02:44:46 GMT
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In article <90286.163441JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu> JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) writes:
>Folks at apple.com reply to our messages but we can't reply
>there.  Here's some mail from and to "lsr@apple.com":

>>(I posted):
>>Myself, I am quite impressed with these results.  An EMULATION
>>of a MAC PLUS stands up to a Mac IIcx in speed!!  This ought
>>to make Apple squirm....

>>(lsr@apple.com replied):
>>This isn't very impressive.  The numbers show that a 25MHz Amiga with AMAX
>>is equivalent to a 16Mhz Mac IIcx.  Other figures show that if you compare
>>equivalent clock speeds the Mac is faster.

On the other hand, an Atari ST with Spectre GCR is 20% faster for a given
processor clock rate. Segmented memory (lack thereof!) is wonderful, ain't it?

>Not impressive?  Let's invert the comparison.  Can a 25 MHz Macintosh
>emulate a 16 MHz Amiga?

That's a good point, still.... But pretty obvious too, right? People have
successfully emulated the Mac because *there's nothing to it*! The Mac is a
box of technological mediocrity. In the olden days ( }-) ) (a couple years
ago) before Apple caught on and clamped down, you didn't need any extra
hardware at all on an ST, just load a copy of Mac ROMs off a disk. It's
still hard to see what's so innovative about the software (it *must* be the
software, what is there to admire in the hardware??).

Or do people really think cutesiness == innovation ??
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  -- Howard Chu @ University of Michigan
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	if one of those data bits happens to flip,
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