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From: darrelj@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Darrel VanBuer)
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Subject: Re: stuff in general
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Date: Mon, 6-Oct-86 09:27:16 EDT
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Organization: System Development Corporation R&D, Santa Monica
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Keywords: //gs, c128vs//e speed

You have to be very careful in comparing clock speed between dissimilar
processors.  Clock speed is sort of like engine RPM (for example, the old
8080 had a 2 MHz clock, but shortest instruction was 4 clocks; early 6502s
as in Apple ][ had a 1 MHz clock, but shortest instruction was 1 clock;
Motorola 68000 timings are all measured in units of TWO clock cycles) -- it
isn't a measure of horsepower between dissimilar designs.

-- 
Darrel J. Van Buer, PhD
System Development Corp.
2525 Colorado Ave
Santa Monica, CA 90406
(213)820-4111 x5449
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