Re: MIPS rating of 486DX2-66 in BYTE

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From: Edward Henigin
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:31

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In <C1F9K4.8LB@news.cso.uiuc.edu> djr48312@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Dennis Robinson) writes:

>In the newest issue of BYTE magazine they compare a DX2-66 to the
>new $4000 SPARC classic.  They rathe the DX2-66 at 53 MIPS and
>the classic at 58 MIPS.  The DX2-66's MIPS _HAS_ to be _TOTALLY_
>wrong.  [...]
>If I had my choice and the money
>ID take the classic!  [...]

Yeah, but you can't play Wing Commander on the Sparc.

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