Subject: Re: Some newbie questions
To: None <kei_sun@ba2.so-net.or.jp>
From: Ken Nakata <kenn@romulus.rutgers.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/22/1997 06:43:57
On Mon, 22 Dec 1997 19:26:37 +0900,
SUNAGAWA Keiki <kei_sun@ba2.so-net.or.jp> wrote:
> 
> Peter> 3. NetBSD-1.3 is WAY slower on the Mac than on a
> Peter> Sun3. My IIvx does have a 68030 at 33 MHz and 8 MB of
> Peter> memory, but my two Sun3's (one 68030 at 24 MHz, one
> Peter> 68020 at 20 MHz) are MUCH more zippier. Ok, they have
> Peter> 12 MB of memory, but does this
> Peter>    explain such a vast slowdown?
> 
> Mac IIvx has a 33MHz MPU, but its motherboard clockspeed is
> 16MHz.

Not only that, but also is its memory bus 16-bit wide rather than full
32-bit, IIRC.

Ken