Re: You guys are NUTS !

["Outsider" <shinlee@bellatlantic.net>]

If only the collective intelligence in this NG can be put to good use !
Imagine the possibilities.

> Interesting that you mention the Super Nintendo.  I think it used the
> WDC 65C816 as its processor--the only other machine that I know of,
> other than the IIgs, to use that CPU.  I'm almost certain that this is

Right.

> the case.  (And you Palm III was likely 16MHz -- but still, that's 2x
> the CPU power of the first Macintosh!)

It varies. It can also be upped by a software.

> I dunno about the file://c, but I did hear that the GS' 65C816 (at 2.8MHz)
> was roughly equivalent to an i8086 @ 10MHz.  Not too bad, at the time.

Yes, I believe a very fast snail is about as quick as a slow caterpillar.