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Subject: Re: Processor speed II

Author: John Coffey

Date: 13:37:32 03/10/00

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On March 10, 2000 at 16:08:59, William H Rogers wrote:

>On March 10, 2000 at 15:53:58, Pierre Bourget wrote:
>
>>Since my original post earlier has taken a different way ,here i try again a
>>simple question. What do you think is the better and faster of the following ?
>>
>>Computer X
>>ROM: 16k
>>RAM: 1k
>>CPU: H7000 (RISC)
>>Clock : 10 mhz
>>
>>Computer Y
>>ROM: 96k
>>RAM: 8k
>>CPU: 6502
>>Clock : 6 mhz
>>
>>Thank you in advance for any on topic answers.
>>
>>Pierre
>
>Computer x should be the fastest, because the 6502 is an 8 bit machine and the
>RISC is probably a 32 or 64 bit machine.
>Bill

The H8 chip is 8 bit.  I have no idea about H7000 but it seems very unlikely
that they would put a 32 bit chip on a machine with only 16K ROM and 1K RAM.
Sounds like H8 chip where it has RAM and ROM and processor on the same chip.

I would be somehwat leary of a 16K program.

The best thing to do is call ICD and they are usually pretty honest about the
strength of the machines.

How much are these machines anyway?  I have been wanting an expert strength
dedicated unit.

John Coffey



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