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Article #32371Re: Speed of Mac IIx
From: Ken Wallich
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1988 19:34
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1988 19:34
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In article <14550@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> 128a-3aj@e260-3b.berkeley.edu (Jonathan Dubman) writes: > >I saw the announcement of the Mac IIx in Bay Area Computer Currents. >I saw mention of the 68030, the 68882, and the "SuperDrive", but I saw no >mention of processor speed. Does anyone know how fast this puppy runs? > Don't know the hardware specs, but according the the MacWeek article about it, Apple is claiming that it will run a *whopping 15% faster* than an existing MacII. Gosh, I wonder if that means it will only take 17 seconds instead of 20 seconds to boot! WOW! Actually, this is in line with estimates from some hardware-knowledgable folks who have posted about the differences between an similar clock-speed 68020 and 68030. I thought that putting the ROMS on a SIMM board was the cutest thing about the new board. Doubt that I'll be running out to swap motherboards any time soon. -- Ken Wallich Ardent Computer Corp uunet!ardent!kmw Sunnyvale, California, USA "Slimey? Mud hole? My HOME this is!"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!amdcad!weitek!ubvax!ardent!kmw From: kmw@ardent.UUCP (Ken Wallich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Speed of Mac IIx Message-ID: <599@ardent.UUCP> Date: 21 Sep 88 19:34:50 GMT References: <14550@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Reply-To: kmw@ardent.UUCP (Ken Wallich) Organization: Ardent Computer Lines: 24