Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!inria!bull.bull.fr!cediag!Patrick.Hayes From: Patrick.Hayes@cediag.bull.fr (Patrick Hayes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Surely a IIFX blows an Amiga 3000 away, right? Message-ID: Date: 24 Oct 90 12:29:42 GMT References: <5176@crash.cts.com> Sender: news@bull.bull.fr Organization: Cediag Bull S.A., Louveciennes, France Lines: 48 In-reply-to: seanc@pro-party.cts.com's message of 20 Oct 90 21:36:25 GMT In article <5176@crash.cts.com> seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham) writes: >I'll try to make this short... Me too... >Yes the nonstandard and out of date A/UX works with the ][fx's DMA, such as ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ Ah, and who defines this standard? You? Until SVR4 and/or OSF/1 are being delivered on the majority of platforms, or at least a wide range, the only "industry" standard present is the SVID (based on SysVR3) + BSD networking. A/UX 2.0 is SVID conformant (I'm almost positive -- correct me if I'm mistaken), and has one of the best integrations of BSD networking I've ever seen on a sysV based platform. I can't recall exactly what A/UX's status is in regard to POSIX, but given that it is SVID based, POSIX compliance is almost assuredly present also. Are there any other standards you might want to cite (preferrably by name)? You have once again misrepresented your conjecture as fact, PLEASE cease to do so in the future. >this combination is. And if DMA slows down a non-preemptive multitasking >system, who cares? I've always had pre-emptive multitasking, so this >shortcoming of the current and future MacOS means little to me. When I need preemtive multitasking, I boot A/UX, I then profit from the DMA on the fx. When I prefer reactivity, I use the MacOS, and profit from the speed advantage that not passing via DMA proffers. >You're right in stating that esoteric benchmarks between computers running >different OSs isn't that good. Different compilers, etc. Application feel is >one where you can compare, and an A3000-25 deffinately "feels" faster at >handling things. Ah, so now you're down to comparing "feeling" instead of the the original (and debunked) claims of clear superiority of the amiga. I will happily state that in my opinion, a stock Mac IIfx definately "feels" faster than a top of the line amiga. You have now stated your opinion, and I have stated mine. You can now stop posting provocative and unfounded articles in csmm, and I shall refrain from doing so in the amiga groups. To each his own you know... Well, I tried to keep it short... Pat -- +-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | Patrick Hayes | EMail : Patrick.Hayes@cediag.bull.fr | | BULL CEDIAG | or hayes@bull.fr | | 68, Route de Versailles | or ...!mcvax!inria!bullfr!hayes | | F-78430 Louveciennes FRANCE | Tel : (33 1) 39 02 49 55 | +-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+