Advantages of a 68030 and a IIx

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From: Roland Yap
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 1988 02:32

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I am wondering what are the real advantages of having a 68030 in a mac IIx.
I mean are there instructions significantly faster, new instructions, etc.
After all one can get a MMU for the mac II so why would there be much
advantage CPU-wise for a IIx, ignoring the speed difference of the 68882.
Also are there any other intrinsic hardware enhancements besides the Superdrive.

Roland

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From: roland@bruce.oz (Roland Yap)
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Subject: Advantages of a 68030 and a IIx
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Date: 4 Oct 88 02:32:06 GMT
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