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From: jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: 65816 v. 680x0
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Date: 16 Nov 88 07:54:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!jb10320    Nov 16 01:54:00 1988


Yeah, the 65816 is definitely more efficient than a 68000. I wrote a 
"Sieve" prime number program in pascal on both a GS and an Atari ST, and the ST
was only a few seconds faster (5 vs. 8, I believe).  The ST clock speed is three
times faster than the GS's (8Mhz opposed to 2.8), so the GS is effectively
twice as fast as an ST.  I would expect similar results from a Macintosh.

jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu

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