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From:Paul Hill
Date:20 Oct 2000 at 09:48:49
Subject:Re: Upgrade Dilemma

Lewis wrote:
>
> From what I know the Apollo's scsi implementation is crap, so if you
are
> after scsi then forget the Apollo. On the other hand if you are after
a fas=
> t
> 060 card then you can't beat an Apollo with oxypatcher. Partly
because the
> Apollo is generally a faster board, but also because oxypatcher is
better
> than cyberpatcher. Of course the other thing is that Apollo's are
easier to
> overclock.

Why do people go on about the benefits of Oxypatcher? The number of '
060
instructions in programs that need to be emulated is tiny. Oxypatcher
probably speeds up < 1% of Amiga apps.

It's only really of use when you've got a specific app that's
mathmatically
intensive and happens to use the missing '060 instructions. e.g. An
old
version of Imagine.



Paul

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