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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 68020
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Date: 24 Jan 89 20:35:19 GMT
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In <27669@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, me128-aw@kepler.Berkeley.EDU (me128 student) writes:
>From what I've heard, the Commodore board is almost exactly 1/2 the speed of
>the Ronin board, due to the fact that it has 2 wait states and the Ronin
>has none.

Well, I've heard difefrent things than you about the Ronin vs. the 2620. The
figure I hear most often is that the Ronin is 8% faster than the 2620. The MMU
adds one wait state.

>If you don't need UNIX, I'd strongly recommend the Ronin board.  It's fast,
>extremely-well engineered, and a fine board all around.  Don't even consider
>a CSA.

There's one more reason to buy a 2620 in favour of a Ronin. The 2620's memory
has DMA capability.

-larry

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