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Re: Apple II in Scientic American
- Subject: Re: Apple II in Scientic American
- From: "Sean Fahey" <a2fan@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 20:47:15 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com
- References: <d057mq$m05$1@nntp.itservices.ubc.ca>
- Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.sys.apple2:9006
"Ben Lai" <benlai@unixg.ubc.ca> wrote in message
news:d057mq$m05$1@nntp.itservices.ubc.ca...
> http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=30
> &articleID=00078A55-0CE7-11BF-AD0683414B7F0000
> (Just click on the "More on this article/SIDEBAR" part)
>
> First thing I noticed was the huge gap between the Apple II and Commodore
> 64 - considering that they had basically the same processor that's a bit
> odd. And then the Playstation2 being barely slower than a Dual G5, also a
> bit out of touch.
I'd say that chart is bullshit. The Sony PS2 is how close to a Dual G5/2.0?
Yah, the 6510 is nearly identical to the 6502. Here's a nice link...
http://www.commodore.ca/history/company/6502/6500cpus.htm