Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!udel!sbcs!eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu!dtiberio From: dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Computer Architecture question -- Daye Haynie Message-ID: <1991May10.211958.25387@sbcs.sunysb.edu> Date: 10 May 91 21:19:58 GMT References: Sender: usenet@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Usenet poster) Distribution: comp Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook Lines: 28 In article melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: > >Can you just drop a 68040 into any computer and expect it to be as >fast as a computer designed around the 68040? No one here expects an Amiga 3000 with a 68040 to be as fast as a computer designed around the 68040. Everyone ecpects it to be FASTER. That is not just because of the efficient coding or the better operating system, but also because of the custom chips and the possibility of a dual processor. And who says the A3000 wasn't designed around the 68040? There are more hardware companies developing for Amiga, and don't be surprised if GVP comes out with a faster 68040 before the nExt does. >-mIKE One follow-up question... Does the 68040 have a math coprocessor? I remember hearing that there were problems with the coprocessor and it was removed. I assume that a 68882 would be slower than a 68040, but could two math processors also be used together? -- David Tiberio SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481 AMIGA DDD-MEN "If you think that we're here for the money, we could live without it. But the world isn't too good here, and it wasn't always like that." Un ragazzo di Casalbordino, Italia.