Re: Accelerator cards

[dog_cow@macgui.com (D Finnigan)]

sfahey wrote:
> To: madmax_2069
>   Re: Re: Accelerator cards
>   By: madmax_2069 to comp.sys.apple2 on Wed Jun 02 2010 03:16 pm
> 
>  > Yes i have seen that, 30mhz is a bit overkill. i think its a bit much
> 
> Not if you're linking and compiling... can't ever get fast enough there.
> 
> 30MHz might be a compromise between speeding up the old technology and how
> much
> they can slow down the new technology.
> 

That was one use which I hadn't thought of when I made my original post a
few weeks ago about why would one want 30 MHz. I found an old post where
someone was comparing MPW on the IIGS versus on the Mac. He was compiling
some C program, and remarked that it took several hours on the GS, but less
than an hour on the Mac.

I'll see if I can locate that article if anyone is interested in reading it.

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