> Even back in the z80 dayz, machines were incomperable. A C=64, an Atari
> 8-bit, and an Apple II might all score about 52 drystones, but both the
> Commodore and the Atari were much faster at graphical tasks than the Apple
> because they had dedicated coprocessors for the purpose.
Well, speaking as a Commodore freak, actually I would consider ANTIC more
of a graphics co-processor than the C64's VIC-II, especially considering
display lists. Wish we had something that cool for the 64 instead of having
to write complicated raster interrupts for the same purpose. But we're
content that SID kicks POKEY's fat Sunnyvale butt. :-)
On the other hand, the point that the Apple II just had the single overworked
6502 to do *everything* is well-taken. Ditto for the ZX81's Z80.
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