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From: jtn@zodiac.ADS.COM (John Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: MIP rating for the Mac II
Keywords: performance
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Date: 11 Jan 90 16:12:27 GMT
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In article <2785@mtuno.ATT.COM> rjk@mtuno.ATT.COM (Roberto Kohler) writes:
>
>Does anyone out there know how the Mac II, Max IIx, and Mac II CX compare
>in performance with the 80386 based machines?  I'm trying to find out the 
>MIP rating of the Macs and how they compare with 386 based machines.
>Would the Mac IIx be equivalent to a 20 MHz 386 machine, etc.

On a related note, can anyone tell us if there are any differences
between the Mac IIcx and IIx other than the IIx having 3 more slots
and a 5.25 disk drive space?  Are the chips and CPU board architecture
identical?  Has Apple fixed any bugs in the IIcx... fixes that the IIx
doesn't have?

I'm also told that the IIcx chips are all soldered in as opposed to
the IIx which has it's chips socketed.  SOunds like the IIx is easier
to upgrade particularly if Apple comes out with 32 bit QD ROMS for the
IIx.

Comments?



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