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Date: 18 Dec 90 19:29:38 GMT
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The V-30 is an 8086 clone (not 8088) with somewhat better microcode.
So, of course, it should be a lot faster.  However, it's I/O system
is crippled by having to go through the GS (on the Transporter card).
Once again, the sluggishness of the PC  is almost always attributable
to the BIOS, not to the 8088.  Imagine how slow the GS would operate
if everyone used the (ugh!) text toolkit for all character I/O to the
screen.  Don't believe me, try writing text based applications in
an ORCA language running under APW.  It's quite slow as well.