Path: utzoo!utdoe!generic!pnet91!ericmcg
From: ericmcg@pnet91.cts.com (Eric Mcgillicuddy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Speed comparisons
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Date: 22 Dec 90 21:50:03 GMT
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>The 386 and the 486 speed up operations even MORE so by increasing speed of
>operations EVEN at the same clock as the 286.

Actually the '386 executes some instructions slower than a '286. Only the '486
really improves the execution times any. 

Running existing applications on a 65816 and a '286 both at the same clock
rate gives about the same performance. However you may be hard pressed to find
a 286 system that runs at the same clock rate as a fast '816, you might have
to get a real IBM system. This is based on a quick perusal of Leventhal's
books on the respective chips. 

Personally I don't care one way or the other, the GS does what I want it to do
and it does it quickly enough for me. If it doesn't then accelerators are
available that make it plenty fast. 

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