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From: data3d@aahs.no (Karl Anders 0ygard)
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Subject: Atari Mortis
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Date: 25 May 91 09:41:26 GMT
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Y. Tsuji writes:
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>Quite. If your favourite programs run comfortably on your TT, it's no one's
>business saying other machines are better. But if one simply compare the
>raw muscle of Intel chips and Motorola 68K series, Motorola is an obvious
>loser. I can program on 68K faster than on Intel chips so I use 68K because

[**FLAME ON**]

Seriously, this guy has *got* to be kidding! I've programmed both Intel and
Motorola processors and quite honestly it's a world apart. When I converted
from the Z80 to the MC68000 way back in '88, I was shocked at the power and
the ease of use with which this processor was programmed (I've been a M/C
fan ever since). As a lesser knowing lifeform, I went around in the belief
that PC's were the top notch, and I got myself one eager to program its
i8088 processor. But shock and horror: I found myself playing with something
that was hardly more powerful than the Z80. I soon learned that while the
MC68000 is a 16/32 bits processor, the i8088 is a 8/16-bits processor.

While mr. Y. Tsuji gets off comparing the ST/MC68000 with Fujitsu's fastest
supercomputers, I would like to quote Personal Computer World upon reviewing
the MC68040 and comparing it to the i80486: 'Motorola is the future. No
sane hardware engineer would build a computer around a i80x86 unless he would
want it to be MS-DOS compatible.'

Yeah, and the MC68040 has a execution time of 1.2 clockcycles per
instruction, compared to the i80486's 1.7 clockcycles per instruction. And
you did yourself say that the 68k series are programmed faster.

[flame off]

Thanks!

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Karl Anders 0ygard
More & Romsdal Highschool of Engineering, Norway    'I ache, therefore I am.'
Email: Karl A Oygard <data3d@aahs.no>            - Marvin, the paranoid android