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From: valentin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Valentin Pepelea)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: two Amiga questions
Message-ID: <10014@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 6 Mar 90 07:00:11 GMT
References: <17793@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
Reply-To: valentin@cbmvax (Valentin Pepelea)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <17793@boulder.Colorado.EDU> devin@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Yampalimardilor) writes:
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> Would sticking it in my Amiga 1000 make a difference in performance at all?

The difference between the two processors is very small. The 68010 executes
some math instructions in fewer cycles, and has a 3 word loop-back cache.
Overall you will get a 5% performance increase. Since your computer spends
most of its time waiting anyway, particularly editors for example, you will
never notice it. Even a 50% performance increase would be hard to notice.

Disk I/O with non-DMA devices will increase by about 20%. That a good plus.

> 2) Where is a good place to buy Amiga (or third party stuff for Amiga)
>    hardware?  I am a student if that makes a difference.

Support your local dealer, and your dealer will support you. Go talk to one,
and ask him if he doesn't have a special pricing policy for poor students
like you. You might charm one into giving you a break.

Valentin
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