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Andrew Gockel <100245.1253@CompuServe.COM> wrote:

>The first questions are when, why, how to use all that power. 
>First, the P6 only gets up to speed running 32 bit software for 
>which it is specially designed. It will run 16 bit stuff but only 
>at half pace so if you need to run old DOS programs stay with the 
>Pentium � 120 or 133 at less than half the price! But if you have 
>a client considering buying a DEC Alpha based server, or someone 
>looking for a Silicon graphics Workstation, I have good news for 
>you. The P6 is faster and less expensive!

I will agree with you about the less expensive part but where did you
get the figures stating that the P6 is faster than an Alpha (and is
that running Win NT or OpenVMS).


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>Email for further info.

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Bert Tutolo                                 bert@melbpc.org.au