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From: holland@m2.csc.ti.com (Fred Hollander)
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Subject: Re: questions on use of math chip by SE/30
Keywords: SE/30 68882 SANE precision
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Date: 16 Feb 89 20:08:23 GMT
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In article <3263@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> mikem@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Mike Morton) writes:
>
>On a related note, the March MacUser mentions a benchmark which runs much
>more slowly on an SE/30 than a Mac IIx, and that "Apple's engineers were
>mystified" as to why (p. 182).  Anyone know why?

MacWorld also published benchmarks.  The strangest was the graphics
benchmark that ran roughly 30% faster on the IIx despite the video RAM
being on a 10MHz NuBus.

Fred Hollander
Computer Science Center
Texas Instruments, Inc.
hollander@ti.com

The above statements are my own and not representative of Texas Instruments.