Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!munnari.oz.au!manuel!ccadfa!prolix!dac From: dac@prolix.pub.uu.oz.au (Andrew Clayton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: 486 clone vs. Amiga 3000 Message-ID: <19281ef1.ARN1fbd@prolix.pub.uu.oz.au> Date: 17 May 91 12:49:21 GMT References: <1991May12.211848.7252@athena.mit.edu> <48814@ut-emx.uucp> <24739@well.sf.ca.us> <00674274081@elgamy.RAIDERNET.COM> Reply-To: dac@prolix.pub.uu.oz.au Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Organization: More like Mis~, really. Lines: 34 In article <00674274081@elgamy.RAIDERNET.COM>, Eric Lee Green writes: > From article <1991May12.211848.7252@athena.mit.edu>, by reynaldo@athena.mit.edu (Rey Villarreal): > > Microprocessor Intel486 Motorolla 68030 > > Clock Speed 25 Mhz 25Mhz > > Memory 4/32 2/16 Meg > > Hard Drive 100 Meg 50 Meg > > Max Resolution/Colors 1024x768x254 640x480x16 etc. etc. > If you want a '486 machine with a fast I/O bus (EISA or Microchannel), plan > to pay out the nose. If you can deal with the slow AT bus (16 bit, 8mhz), > you'll still pay some for a good fast SCSI controller and VGA card. Note > that the $50 VGA cards quoted in most ads have about 40 wait states for > each access :-}. I had the opportunity to play on a 486 box, that had a graphics tablet and Autocad, with a 19 inch monitor. It was pretty cool. Nortons SI reported 38x XT speeds. My A2500 with 68030 (30Mhz) does 36x XT speeds. And of course Motorola chips aren't braindeaded by having 640K chunks of memory. Long live linear address spaces. [I'd really like one of those 19" monitors tho] Dac -- // _l _ _ > dac@prolix.pub.uu.oz.au < munnari!labtam!eyrie!prolix!dac \X/ (_](_](_ > prolix!dac%eyrie@labtam.oz.au < dac@prolix.ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I post therefore I am <<<<<<<<< \ Alternative addresses / David Andrew Clayton. Canberra, Australia. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~