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From: brad@gcc-bill.ARPA (Brad Parker)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: May SS: "Future Mac Architectures"
Message-ID: <270@gcc-bill.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 27-Jul-85 08:46:59 EDT
Article-I.D.: gcc-bill.270
Posted: Sat Jul 27 08:46:59 1985
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Organization: General Computer Company, Cambridge Ma (Home of the HyperDrive)
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Keywords: tea leaves, crystal balls
Summary: 

In article <1010@sdcsvax.UUCP> jww@sdcsvax.UUCP (Joel West) writes:
>15. Is your code timing sensitive?  Future machines "will run at a faster
>    clock rate."  Try the VIA timer 2 or Tick Count instead.
>    will allow more and larger drives to be available to the user."

Humm... The AppleTalk drivers are full with processor speed dependant
loops. They were, however, the first Apple code I noticed which dropped
RTE's are a method of restoring the CC's (a 68010/20 anticipatory move).

Interesting...

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J Bradford Parker
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