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Memory contention and the limits of the SAM Coupé's 6 MHz Z80B

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As a result, the SAM Coupé's CPU effectively ran only around 14% faster than the ZX Spectrum CPU, yet was required to do much more work in SAM's high-resolution modes to produce a similar movement on the display.
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