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- From: jerry@msi.com (Jerry Shekhel)
- Subject: Re: "Windoze" slow? Naah...Re: pc and mac: was RE: 486 and mac benchmarks
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- Organization: Molecular Simulations, Inc.
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 22:43:49 GMT
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- Yamanari (rsrodger@wam.umd.edu) wrote:
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- : Probably they were comparing a 40mhz 68040 to a 50mhz i486.
- :
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- Nah, I think it was one of those combined Motorola/Apple vs. Intel ads,
- where they were comparing a 25MHz Quadra against a 50MHz 486DX2 clone.
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- :
- : In other words, cite the ad and magazine, and I;ll look
- : into it. If you want the truth, though, simply call Motorola
- : and have them send you the specs on the '040. Motorola does not
- : and never has offered clock-doubled CPU's.
- :
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- No, not exactly clock-doubled, but the chip that Motorola labels "25MHz"
- has a pin to which you must attach a 50MHz clock input, which it just
- happens to propagate to all logic units, according to Motorola documentation.
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