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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 68020/68881 on A2000
Message-ID: <2856@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 24-Nov-87 19:10:15 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2856
Posted: Tue Nov 24 19:10:15 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Nov-87 04:19:38 EST
References: <1718@netsys.UUCP>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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Keywords: 68020 amiga B2000 68881 32 bit speed

In article <1718@netsys.UUCP> bathkey@netsys.UUCP (Scott Bethke) writes:
> 
> 	OK folks, I just got a 68020, with a 68881 (20 Mhz) for my B2000
> REV 3.9 .  Its the CSA Turbo Board, and I must say FASTMAN is VERY FAST!  But
> thats the ONLY thing that was fast.  I expected perhaps dos to speed up a bit
> maybe even dare I say math functions should go much faster even if the 
> software doesnt directly address the 68020.  Well since I only have the
> very first version of Sculpt 3-d and its a slow dog, I decided to run that
> to benchmark..  On a picture that normaly takes 12 hours to make with a 68000
> it took sculpt 11.5 hours with the 68020 and 20 Mhz 68881.

Did you invest in any of their "fast 32 bit memory"?  A 68020 executing out
of 16-bit memory, or worse 16-bit chip memory isn't going to blow away the
world or anything...

-- 
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