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Article #9995Re: Perceptions of speed (was Re: MIP rating for the Mac II)
From: Darren Handler
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1990 16:55
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1990 16:55
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-> Actually a "MIP" is useless for almost any purpose, meaning, as it does, -> "Machine Instruction Per". The singular term (e.g. 1 MIPS) is "MIPS": -> "Machine Instruction Per Second". This is not to say that the plural is -> "MIPSs" :-) I think you made a mistake. It stands for Million Instructions per Second. If my computer was rated a 6 Machine Instructions per Second it would be running as slow as Peanut Butter flowing uphill in February. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Consp22@Bingsuns.pod.binghamton.edu | SUNY-B Computer Consultants - | | Consp22@Bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu | Trying to keep the world safe from | |---------------------------------------| the SUNY-B Computer users. | | System Consultant - World Computers |-------------------------------------| | Computer Cons. - SUNY Binghamton | Darren `Mac Hack' Handler | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| I don't know if I am going to heaven or hell, I just hope God grades on a curve
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!leah!bingvaxu!bingsune.cc.binghamton.edu!consp22 From: consp22@bingsune.cc.binghamton.edu (Darren Handler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Perceptions of speed (was Re: MIP rating for the Mac II) Message-ID: <2817@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> Date: 19 Jan 90 16:55:48 GMT References: <2600001@hpislx.HP.COM> <2785@mtuno.ATT.COM> Sender: usenet@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu Reply-To: consp22@bingsune.cc.binghamton.edu (Darren Handler) Organization: SUNY Binghamton Lines: 18