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From: rodney@gitpyr.UUCP (RODNEY RICKS)
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Subject: Re: Re: IBM's new 32 bit machine - not an 80386?
Message-ID: <1240@gitpyr.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 8-Jan-86 12:57:53 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  8 12:57:53 1986
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Summary: IBM emulation by the Amiga, and speculations on IBM's new machines.

In article <1@unisoft.UUCP>, fnf@unisoft.UUCP (Fred Fish) writes:
> The software 8088 emulation mode on the AMIGA is reported to execute
> IBM PC programs at about 40% of the speed of a real 8088.  Given that a 
> 
  From what I have heard, the Amiga's IBM emulator runs at about 60 to 70% of the speed
of an IBM PC.  
  It seems likely to me that IBM's new machine will be the RISC machine mentioned
earlier.  I don't think they will have an 80386 based machine available soon.
  I am far from being a good source for IBM info, BUT, I have information that seems
to indicate that
  
  1)  The PC II does NOT exist.
  2)  IBM is working on some kind of computer that is NOT based on the 80386 and is
      probably not 32 bit.  Could this be IBM's next try at home computers?
  3)  IBM is not very big on hiring at this time.