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From: govett@avsd.UUCP (David Govett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: About Atari's, Mac's, and IBM's
Message-ID: <116@avsd.UUCP>
Date: 21 Apr 88 16:40:40 GMT
References: <213@bdt.UUCP>
Organization: Ampex Advanced Technology Division, Redwood City, CA
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> 
>>>How well does it emulate IBMs?
>>According to my friends, "Excellently!"  I cannot judge because I do not have
>>PC Ditto.
> 
> 
> But remember that it's pretty slow becuase you're emulating a hardware with
> software running on a 8Mhz 68000 CPU.  I think it's something like 50%-80%
> the speed of an old 4.77 Mhz IBM PC (which nobody uses anymore), and whole
> lot slower than an 8Mhz 8088.

We tested pc ditto here, and it has a Norton of index of .3, which
means .3 x 4.77 MHz.  Still, it's fast enough for most tasks and
completely compatible so far.