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From: admiral@m-5.Sun.COM (Michael Limprecht SUN Microsystems Mt. View Ca.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga 3000
Summary: Sparc vs 040
Message-ID: <132926@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: 14 Mar 90 22:22:37 GMT
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In article <100528@convex.convex.com>, swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) writes:
> In article <6857@cps3xx.UUCP> porkka@frith.UUCP (Joe Porkka) writes:
>                           [...]
> >Even better, make a SPARC Amiga. Yeah I know everything
> >would need to be recompiled and all that crap, but you can
> >only go so far with 68000 based machines.
>                           [...]
> Well, however far that is, it appears to be at least as far as SPARC
> (using the same process).  I have seen several claims lately that the new
> 68040 can outperform SPARC machines running at the same clock speeds.
> This of course is not authoritative, since the benchmarks haven't
> been released.  However, I think it is premature to announce the
> death of the 680X0 family.
> 
More marketing hype comparing apples and oranges.

Yes it can. But we're talking brand new just released 040 to one to two
year old Sparcs. When the new stuff shows up the 040 will be just
another cisc slug. Plus the Sparc software that's out there now doesn't
have to be "enhanced" to run at optimal speed. Just plug and play.

Oh, one more thing. Try to get an 040 from anybody but Motorola.

Still, an 040 or Sparc Amiga would be nice.


Mick

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