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Sun's IPC vs Sparc speed (does it need memory?)

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From: john
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 1991 20:46
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We have an IPC (16 MIPS, 8 megs, OS 4.1.1) on a net with three Sparc 1's
(11 MIPS, 12 megs, OS 4.1.0). We have noticed that the subjective speed of
the IPC is below the Sparc's (OpenWindows seems sluggish). Do we need more
memory? Could there be any other speedup solutions?

John R Veregge 
john@triton.jpl.nasa.gov
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Subject: Sun's IPC vs Sparc speed (does it need memory?)
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