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Ken Shirriff said...

Matteo: thanks; I fixed the link. David: I haven't done any direct performance comparisons, but as far as instructions per second, the Alto is about the same as a 6502 or 8080A. The Alto would still have an edge since it is 16 bits while those microprocessors are 8 bits. A 68000 should easily beat an Alto. Maybe I'll try some benchmarks on the Alto to see where it stands.

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