Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!watvlsi!jparker From: jparker@watvlsi.waterloo.edu (James Parker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: slow in mono and 68020 boards...??? Message-ID: <3960@watvlsi.waterloo.edu> Date: 14 Jul 88 19:00:35 GMT Reply-To: jparker@watvlsi.waterloo.edu (James Parker) Distribution: world Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 17 I have been told that the ST runs as much as 30% slower than 'normal' when used with the Atari monochrome monitor. I assume this means compared to running the same software using the color monitor. Does anyone know if this is true, and if it is, why ? Secondly, I have also heard reports of 68020/68881 boards available for the ST ( ie. a series of articles in the German magazine c't ) and at the same time, I have been told by several people that at present TOS does not handle the 68020 instruction set ( TOS uses instructions for system calls that are now legal 68020 instructions, etc). So, does this mean that those people using 68020's are running different operating systems...? Any who can enlighten me on these matters would be greatly appreciated. James