Author Topic: Ben Hermans still staunchly against x86 (Read 43567 times)

tone007 · « **on:** October 25, 2010, 10:40:41 PM »

He who lives by the PPC dies by the PPC!

tone007 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 25, 2010, 11:46:44 PM »

Bit of quick research..

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486 had a MIPS (million instructions per second) rating of 20 (at 25 MHz) to 54 (66 MHz).

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Motorola 68030 11 MIPS at 33 MHz, 18 MIPS @ 50MHz

50mhz might be able to keep up.

tone007 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 26, 2010, 11:48:39 PM »

Poppycock!

tone007 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 29, 2010, 05:55:21 PM »

Quote from: runequester;587940

Ive seen blizzard PPC cards and A4000Ts go for 600 dollars on multiple occasions.

$600 is a few nice lunches, $2400 is a mortgage payment.

I'm much more inclined to blow $600 on something next to useless than $2400.

tone007 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 02, 2010, 12:34:21 AM »

Quote from: vidarh;588636

As others have pointed out, the prices for Amiga-related hardware demonstrates that this community has a lot of money.

I picture people snorting cocaine through rolled up £100 notes off of gold plated X1000s! How posh!

tone007 · « **Reply #5 on:** November 08, 2010, 05:57:40 AM »

Quote from: EDanaII;590208

Ironically, you are addressing (possibly) the only other Amiga/Fiero enthusiast here, Lou.

I had two Fieros, an '86 4cyl and an '86 GT. They were both crap. Had way more fun with the pair of '87 MR2s.