Re: 486 vs. Mac Benchmarks

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From: Bailey Brown
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 19:36

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ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:

>>Hence the suprising results, such as a IIci being faster than a 486/25
>>(in real activities such as Word scrolling) are not too far from reality.

>They must've had a Trident card in the 486. 

No, it was a PS/2 M70 with IBM's 486/25 Power Platform(TM) upgrade
board and the PS/2 built-in VGA.  The Power Platform was the SLOWEST
486/25 implementation benchmarked by Byte, and the M70's built
in VGA is legendary for its slowness.

IBM has since figured out how to make PCs that run as fast as
everybody else's.  

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Bailey Brown                               "Above all else, confusion reigns."
Intergraph Corporation                                  
bbrown@casca.b11.ingr.com                              Procol Harum

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From: bbrown@infonode.ingr.com (Bailey Brown)
Subject: Re: 486 vs. Mac Benchmarks
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