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Article #2609Re: AT&T MIPS claim
From: Peter C. Dibble
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1986 18:53
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1986 18:53
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In article <6826@utzoo.UUCP>, henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes: > Nobody in his right mind would buy a 780 nowadays. And the Microvax II > isn't that impressive either; 68020 boxes from Sun or Integrated Solutions > are priced similarly and have 3-4 times the cpu crunch. The Dhrystone numbers I have seen show that a Sun III is roughly comparable to a Microvax II. I might believe 1.5 times as fast. Three to four times the speed is a statement that needs support. Peter Dibble
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!enmasse!rclex!harvard!seismo!rochester!dibble From: dibble@rochester.ARPA (Peter C. Dibble) Newsgroups: net.arch,net.micro.att Subject: Re: AT&T MIPS claim Message-ID: <19005@rochester.ARPA> Date: Thu, 19-Jun-86 14:53:16 EDT Article-I.D.: rocheste.19005 Posted: Thu Jun 19 14:53:16 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 21-Jun-86 11:57:57 EDT References: <577@scirtp.UUCP> <124@bakerst.UUCP> <583@scirtp.UUCP> <6826@utzoo.UUCP> Organization: U of Rochester, CS Dept., Rochester, NY Lines: 10 Summary: 68020 = 3 * uVax II ?!?