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From: greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: A3000UX - Born to run UNIX SVR4
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Date: 10 Feb 91 01:05:36 GMT
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In article <1991Feb10.003013.18133@Neon.Stanford.EDU> torrie@cs.stanford.edu 
  (Evan Torrie) writes:
>greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp) writes:
>
>>Well, the "really fast" quality of the NeXT will pale when the 040 cards ship
>>for the Amiga.  Given the system architectures and OSes of the two machines,
>>the Amiga will be faster.  That's a fact.  
>
>  This is not a "fact".  This is a vapourware opinion.

OK, then I put it to you this way:

  Given that:
      A)  Many hardware specialists have stated that the NeXTs system 
          architecture cripples the 040.  (FrEx, wait-states)
      B)  The Amiga 3000 is designed to use high-speed SCRAMs, while the NeXT
          is still using page-mode memories.
      C)  AmigaDOS has nowhere _near_ the overhead of Mach.
      D)  Display Postscript still drags down the 040 NeXT, regardless of what
          the marketroids say.  I've said before that in order or DPS to be
          fast, you need a miracle, not an 040.

  How can you doubt that the Amiga using the SAME processor would NOT be 
  faster?  Opinion doesn't enter into it.

Greg
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