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From: curtis@WISC-RSCH.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Z-100 vs IBM-PC Challenge
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Date: Tue, 28-May-85 14:35:40 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 28 14:35:40 1985
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I repeat, Zenith's own literature advertises the Z-100 as 60% faster than
the PC.  This is basically because of the 8 MHz clock speed compared to the
6 MHz clock speed on the PC (we're talking the 8088 PC).  The PC/AT is
250-300% faster than the 8088 PC, I still don't understand how the Zenith
is faster than the AT.  If it were, don't you think Zenith would be making
a point out of it?

Practically speaking, I would say my 2000 line PASCAL programs click away
quite a bit faster on an AT than ANY 8088 machine, regardless of clock speed.
  A.C.