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- From: jmarin@messi.uku.fi (Jukka Marin)
- Subject: Re: 32bit versions of wb3 ??
- Sender: news@luotsi.uku.fi
- Message-ID: <jmarin.727691754@messi.uku.fi>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 08:35:54 GMT
- References: <1jmnp8INNfan@mercury.kingston.ac.uk>
- Organization: University of Kuopio, Finland
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- cs_e445@king.ac.uk (Vlod Kalicun) writes:
-
- >Hi Netters,
- >Does anyone know why C= don't make specific version of Workbench for specific
- >chips.??
- >What I mean is compile WB (presume in C) with flags, so 68020/68040 instructions
- >can be used.
- >Wouldn't WB/and its other applications run faster, as the later chips will
- >have better instructions??
-
- Since the Kickstart version for A3000, C= has compiled a separate version
- of Kick for different machines.
-
- >I relize that this wouldn't work on a stock 68000, but I don't see any real
- >cost in doing this. Amigas generally come with WB so, if I upgrade to a
- >4000, then I get a faster version of WB.
- >Or is the speed increase minimal and a waste of time.. ??
-
- 68020 and higher add several new addressing modes and a few new instructions
- but they don't really help that much.
-
- Jukka Marin
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