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Re: M68060 Update

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From: Greg Vesper - RMS
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 19:03
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In article <Oct24.182446.79385@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>  
ns111310@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Nate Sammons) writes:
> 1) It doesn't really matter what kind of silicon is under the hood
> 	wheather it be Moto (slacking in everything but PowerPC), Intel
> 	(very good at getting new silicon out... and I think I remember
> 	hearing that Intel split the development team, so that the P5
> 	and the P6 would not be too far apart...), MIPS is pretty good,
> 	or the Alpha (I have heard that it is more hype since the HP PA-RISC
> 	has performance on the same level... NOW)

I have a field-test Alpha - its over twice as fast as HP's current offerings.
Very fast machine, huge binaries though.

-Greg.
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Greg Vesper (vesper@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov)

"Now satan is a liar, and he wants to make us think,
 that we are paupers, when he knows himself we're children of the King.
 So lift up the mighty shield of faith for the battle must be won,
 We know that Jesus Christ is risen so the work's already done."
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From: vesper@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Greg Vesper - RMS)
Subject: Re: M68060 Update
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