Re: Apple //c+ questions....

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Nick writes ...
> 
> A IIgs should be able to go faster than a IIc+, no matter what...  It has a 16bit
> data path, where the IIc+ has only 8, so mhz for mhz it will be twice as fast.
> (Yeah yeah... I know, because the numbers say it is twice as wide doesn't mean it
> is twice as fast, but the basic architecture is similar, so by approximation...)
> 
 ....

     Except that the 65C816 connection to the Data bus is also 8 bits. Given the
same software-- for example, a BASIC program-- a IIc+ will be somewhat faster than a
stock IIgs.

     Software which takes advantage of the 65C816's larger registers may run faster
on a stock GS than same-function software running on a IIc+.



Rubywand