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Subject: Re: Chess Tiger 14.9(a) on Palm Vx - Genius 4 on 486dx-50 0.5-11.5

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 08:20:15 06/18/02

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On June 15, 2002 at 07:02:34, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>Hi Peter,
>
>a 486-50 mhz is as fast as a TASC R40
>or a chessmachine 32 Mhz.
>
>maybe faster than the sparc module for saitek.
>only when the sparc runs at high speed,
>it could be as strong.
>
>the palm is only 68020 level.
>when you want to relate that against each other,
>the 486 is IMO too fast.
>


The 68020 was a LOT faster than the 68000.  (The 68030 was only about 10% faster
than the 68020 for integer work but included a FPU.)

The chip in current Palm OS devices, like the 68000, is not nearly as fast as a
68020, AFAIK.



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