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Not sure whether you're confusing some OS or application performance with the performance of the CPU or are misremembering. A 8MHz ARM2 performed at about 5MIP
by guenthert 6y ago
Not sure whether you're confusing some OS or application performance with the performance of the CPU or are misremembering. A 8MHz ARM2 performed at about 5MIPS. That was impressive in '87, but in '90 my 20MHz 80386 ran at about 6MIPS. The 486DX100 of the mid nineties was much faster.
- m0xte 6y agoPossibly in terms of feel. They really ran a pile of crap on a 486DX100 in comparison. The RISC OS machines of the early 1990s had a similar feel to a modern PC on the performance front with every-day tasks.