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From: anand@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Anand Iyengar)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: 68040 and 80486
Message-ID: <3315@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>
Date: 13 Apr 89 04:35:22 GMT
References: <1032@myrias.UUCP> <12289@reed.UUCP> <1049@myrias.UUCP> <1928@trantor.harris-atd.com>
Reply-To: anand@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Anand Iyengar)
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In article <1928@trantor.harris-atd.com> thaker@trantor.harris-atd.com (Gautam Thaker) writes:
>Why is comp.arch so quiet these days? What happened to the
>good old days of "processor wars"? 68040 and 486 have both
>been announced and there is almost nothing about them in
>the newsgroup. We have debated the question of which is
>better, the 386 or the 68030? Now can someone tell me which
>is better in the next round; the 68040 or the 486?
	Dare I?  

	If history is even slightly useful, I'd bet that the '486 gives
the 68030 (yes, that's a three) a run for its money.  The '40's probably
out of its class.  Intel has a nasty habit of being about a generation
behind Motorola with this family...Of course, I haven't seen the specs
on either (oblig. excuse:I've been busy).  Anyone care to post/mail?

Don't mind me, I always wear asbestos undergarments...

							Anand.  
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