The argument is pointless as the PPC Macs ran 68k software with their built in 68k emulator faster than an 060.

But still to this day I don't think anyone has successfully upgraded a Mac with an 060. Only when you consider BVisionPPC or CVPPC were the Amigas near competitive in that regard. Later 68k macs had a big advantage that they had much faster access to graphics RAM than Amigas had via AGA or Zorro. It was EAB who made me realise, that Amiga did have competition and wasn't always the superior machine.

Personally, there would of been a time when I would of took a different view on all this. <(So 68060 CPU prices dropped enough for Escom to utilize. By the time Escom acquired the 060, computers had already moved on. Meaning that the system sale prices would of been astronomical. I am still unsure why Apple never used the 68060, some believe they were too expensive to produce in large numbers at that time. If you compare just 68K tech then the Escom 4000T wins but I think it is still a shady comparison, considering Apple had discontinued its line of 68K machines, 1 year earlier.

By the time the Escom was released Apple had launched the Power Macintosh 7100, which was PPC based and much faster than the Escom 4000T. If we are to be fair the Quadra 840AV is the overall winner, on account that the CBM Amiga 4000T was slower. Macintosh Quadra 840AV = 68040 40MHz Released 1993 (Faster than the CBM, slower than the Escom.)Ĭommodore Amiga 4000T = 68040 25MHz Release 1994 (Slowest of the listed machines)Įscom Amiga 4000T = 68060 Released 1995 (Fastest of them all but made after the original manufacturer went out of business.) This battle can only consist of 2 machines: They are running factory specs, so comparing an 020 Amiga upgraded to an 060, isn't technically fair. I believe that stating the Amiga 060 aftermarket is an unfair advantage against the Apple computers. Then the only Amiga that can be a potential contender is the Escom A4000T. OK, fair enough lets just say we take all this into consideration. It's irrelevant who owned the Amiga at the time, any machines released were still Amigas and the Amiga range had factory 060 machines released. That's like saying hard drives aren't part of the official architecture and would have to be removed as well (no Amiga manufacturer ever made them).

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