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


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




Oh, I see.  I guess what I want to know is if you wrote an assembly game for the z80, and then
translated it as closely as possible into 68k, what would be the difference in speed?

Dave

Dines Justesen wrote:

> The architecture of the two processors are very different, and comparing the
> # of MIPS is there for not a good way to compare the two processors.
>
> DInes
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Whittaker <tubadave@sonet.net>
> To: <assembly-85@lists.ticalc.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 1999 9:22 PM
> Subject: 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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