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From: jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga vs NeXT
Message-ID: <3950.273719ff@cc.helsinki.fi>
Date: 6 Nov 90 20:15:59 GMT
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In article <11287@hubcap.clemson.edu>, ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu (Doug) writes:
> 	One thing you might consider is that the A3000 has many chips
> to aid the CPU's task, so a CPU measurement might not be that accurate.
> The NeXT has things like that too, doesn't it?
> 
Yup. Like Motorola DSP56001 digital signal processor (25Mhz, 10MIPS,
24-bit, two internal 56-bit accumulators) with which you can output
16-bit 44.1 kHz STEREO sound without slowing the machine down
noticeably. You can also use that chip for many other purposes, like
computation.

NeXT also has a 12-channel custom VLSI I/O processor.

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> Doug Dyer  Clemson University   //      "Splunge!"  -  MP 
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			Jouni