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Article #2591Re: AT&T MIPS claim
From: Jonathan Clark
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1986 03:24
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1986 03:24
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In article <286@sfsup.UUCP> mjs@sfsup.UUCP (M.J.Shannon) writes: >On the other hand, if you stuff 8 Meg into a UNIX PC, put an RP07 or an RA81 >or similar sort of large, fast disk on it, you get the quoted horsepower at >a considerable, but less than 100% cost of the 780. You can't put more than 4 MB onto a UNIX PC, and you can't put any big, fast disks onto it either. Even if you could (and I could really use a unix pc with 4 MB and a couple of Eagles) you still wouldn't get the power because of bus bandwidth limitations. As a CPU benchmark only the MIP claims and Dhrystone ratings may have some validity; and a measure of system performance they have none. Remember, these days there are five types of falsehoods: Lies Damned Lies Statistics Benchmarks Salesman's claims PS Anyone know the origin of this recent version of the famous chestnut? Even the original original? -- Jonathan Clark [NAC,attmail]!mtune!jhc My walk has become rather more silly lately.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!caip!princeton!allegra!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtune!jhc From: jhc@mtune.UUCP (Jonathan Clark) Newsgroups: net.arch,net.micro.att Subject: Re: AT&T MIPS claim Message-ID: <612@mtune.UUCP> Date: Sun, 8-Jun-86 23:24:49 EDT Article-I.D.: mtune.612 Posted: Sun Jun 8 23:24:49 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 10-Jun-86 03:26:54 EDT References: <577@scirtp.UUCP> <266@comm.UUCP> <286@sfsup.UUCP> Reply-To: jhc@mtune.UUCP (Jonathan Clark) Distribution: net Organization: AT&T ISL Middletown NJ USA Lines: 28