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From: mwm@ucbopal.berkeley.edu (Mike Meyer)
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Subject: Re: A wierd thought...
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Date: Wed, 18-Jun-86 17:20:46 EDT
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In article <8606171712.AA03947@cory.Berkeley.EDU> dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes:
>
>	A 68020 Amiga running at 14Mhz does indeed blow away a 785... but only
>in terms of processor speed.  The 785 still has:
>	
>	-virtual memory (doesn't crash when your program is screwed)
>	-a bus bandwidth at least an order of magnitude faster,
>	-a PDP11-something co-processor to handle all the low speed
>		serial
>	-most of the other hardware is intelligent and doesn't need the 
>		CPU watching over it (for instance, the disk controllers).
>
>
>	But then again, the cost difference and power requirements are
>such that I would probably go with the amiga.
>
>						-Matt

But Matt, where are you going to buy 48 or so serial ports to hang 
users off the Amiga :-).

Lesson one in buying a computer: CPU does not a computer make. Go 
see net.arch for comments about the AT&T 7300 vs. the VAX 780.

	<mike