Re: A85: Re: Assembly-85 Digest V1 #476


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Re: A85: Re: Assembly-85 Digest V1 #476




anybody know how many MIPS the 68k has compared to the z80?

MalcolmJ1@aol.com wrote:

> it seems like it's about the same speed. but the difference is that it's doing
> more so it's actually faster.  it's running at 10 mhz while the ti85 is
> running at 6 mhz.  they're two different processors too.  the ti85 has the z80
> and the ti89 has the 68k.  they really can't be directly compared but the ti89
> runs at a higher mhz.  it's like a pentium 233 compared to a pentium 300.
> that's the difference, just the numbers.  it does a ton more, costs about $60
> more, has a ton more memory (about 500k compared to the 28k on the ti85).
> it's definately worth the extra bucks.  plus:  it's upgradable software with
> flash rom.  it's like it's running dos now and as soon as ti.com can make an
> upgrade it'll be like you're stepping up a level, say, to windows 3.1 or
> something.  so that's nice too.
>
> jimi
>
> << How fast is it compared to the 85?
>
>  MalcolmJ1@aol.com wrote:
>
>  > i just got the ti89.  it's awesome!  it does everything you'll ever need
>  > (except the built in geometry functions on the ti92/ti92+...but you don't
>  > really need all that) >>



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