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- >>>>> "Bill" == Bill Miller <wjm@wwa.com> writes:
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- Bill> Also, running it on a Pentium Pro, should not speed it up,
- Bill> becuase as far as I know, it is not a true 32 bit app, at
- Bill> least not the DOS version. If I'm wrong, feel free to let
- Bill> me know.
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- Executor/DOS is definitely a true 32-bit app. This is why it requires
- an 80386 or better. Efficient emulation of a 68040 (a 32-bit
- processor) with a 16-bit emulator would be extremely difficult.
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- Executor should run especially well on the Pentium Pro because the
- Pentium Pro is less sensitive to 80x86 code optimization issues than
- the Pentium. This helps Executor because:
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- 1) gcc doesn't do instruction scheduling.
- 2) syn68k doesn't do instruction scheduling either.
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