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Article #10973Re: IBM AS/400 is the world's slowest computer
From: Bill Beebe
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 00:30
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 00:30
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In article <id.HD1W.X03@ferranti.com> peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
>I'd hope it'd run pretty damn well, since we've had up to 10 users on a 286
>doing software development... which is about 30 times slower than the 486,
>with more demanding users.
>
>Now I won't say I was happy with the performance on the 286, but the current
>systems with moderately old 386es are adequate, and our 486 box screams.
Maybe I *really* am dumber than a box of dirt, but why, in this day of
networking, would anyone do team development on a single box when it would
appear that team development on networked single-user boxes would be a lot
more efficient? Why do we still need multi-user boxes except to support
obsolete business practices?
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Newsgroups: comp.arch Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!att!fang!tarpit!bilver!wbeebe From: wbeebe@bilver.uucp (Bill Beebe) Subject: Re: IBM AS/400 is the world's slowest computer Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 00:30:22 GMT Message-ID: <1992Dec26.003022.25532@bilver.uucp> References: <1992Dec20.221103.13995@ksmith.uucp> <1992Dec21.141558.18626@rchland.ibm.com> <id.HD1W.X03@ferranti.com> Lines: 20