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Re: DEC station 3100

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From: Steve Thompson
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1989 15:39
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In article <3085@stpstn.UUCP> aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri) writes:
>In article <7561@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> thompson@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Steve Thompson) writes:
>>compared the performance of my main application (a floating-point
>>intensive code that runs for several hours) between the DS3100 and
>>a Sun 4/110. The DS3100 was 3.34 times faster.
>
>Does that 4/110 have the optional floating point?  I've found that ours
>is terrible at floating point because it doesn't.

Yup, the 4/110 has an FPU.

Steve
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References: <272@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> <7561@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <3085@stpstn.UUCP>

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!batcomputer!thompson
From: thompson@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Steve Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: DEC station 3100
Keywords: DEC Ethernet Multiple logins
Message-ID: <7579@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 18 Mar 89 15:39:13 GMT
References: <272@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> <7561@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <3085@stpstn.UUCP>
Reply-To: thompson@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Steve Thompson)
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Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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