From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!houxz!wb2!tcb Newsgroups: net.micro.68k Title: Re: 68k vs. 8086 - (nf) Article-I.D.: wb2.127 Posted: Tue Feb 15 21:16:47 1983 Received: Sun Feb 20 07:58:05 1983 References: grkermit.295 amd70.1489 CPU speed is one thing while system design is another. You can have a damn fast cpu and - as we have seen it at the UNICOM - some poor architectural designs. What is VERY good about the 86 CPU is that it is a member of a FAMILY of chips with good architectural qualities. As far as floating point is concerned, many hackers out there down-play its importance. They shouldn't. In many serious applications a fast floating point unit is the only road to success; just think of graphics, simulation, numerical analysis, banking etc. received data 709 bytes 9 secs