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From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
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Subject: Re: OS/2 vs AmigaDOS
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Date: 9 May 89 13:15:49 GMT
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In article <GRIFF.89May8122351@intelob.intel.com>, griff@intelob.intel.com (Richard Griffith) writes:
}  Well, :-^ you might have a point here. - however, someone running a 
}new version of Windows on a 25 Mhz `386 still can't match the 7mhz Amy
}in speed of graphics, at least as far as functions like window-to-front
}and window-to-back... you can ask R. Peck on that one.... 

Not too surprising, considering the specialized graphics-handling hardware
in the Amiga.  The 386 has to do all the work itself, usually through a 20
or so wait-state bottleneck at the video board....  (My 10 MHz 286 experiences
an average of nine wait states, since the video memory is only available every
1.1 microseconds)
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