Allison J Parent wrote:
The PDP-11 is no slouch. I've used the T-11 part
for some things and
even using the pokey 7.5mhz clock some tasks are faster than most
anything contemporary to it like the z80/8mhz even though the numbers
say slower. It's that CISC with superior addressing modes that put it
out ahead.
Like when I used to benchmark the TRS-80 Color Computer against the
IBM PC/XT. .9 Khz against 4.77 Mhz. The MC6809 kicked the ass of
the 8088 every time. (I've always condidered the 8088 an 8-bit CPU
with 16-bit pretensions and the 6809 a 16-bit CPU with 8-bit
limitations -- not _entirely_ true, but blood (and performance) will
tell.)
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_