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Article #289Re: National's 32332
From: Larry McVoy
Date: Wed, 21 May 1986 21:40
Date: Wed, 21 May 1986 21:40
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In article <1796@gitpyr.UUCP> kludge@gitpyr.UUCP (Scott Dorsey) writes:
>In article <2020@hammer.UUCP> tekecs!doghouse.TEK!snoopy (Snoopy) writes:
>>I know someone who did benchmarks comparing the 32332 to the 68020,
>>with all else being identical (RAM, etc). A 15MHz 32332 is faster
>>than a 16MHz 68020.
>
> I would like to see these benchmarks. I have been trying to get
I have a few comments & questions.
1) The story I have heard (albeit from sources that I don't view as gospel)
is that the 32016 (in the symmetrics box) is s*l*o*w, about 1/4 a 68010.
Is that true?
2) Another story I hear a lot is that people *claim* that the 32xxx chips are
fast, but independant tests show that the claims are consistantly false.
Can anyone comment on this? I'd prefer to hear from people who:
A) are not associated with National Semiconductor
B) are using a unix workstation based on a 32xxx chip set.
3) I've heard that the 32xxx series of CPU's are binary compatible. If this
is true, are they pin compatible? The real question is: can I buy a
symmetrics box, pull the 32016 and replace it with a 32032 or 32332?
--
Larry McVoy
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!decvax!bellcore!ulysses!allegra!princeton!caip!lll-crg!seismo!uwvax!geowhiz!larry From: larry@geowhiz.UUCP (Larry McVoy) Newsgroups: net.micro.16k Subject: Re: National's 32332 Message-ID: <438@geowhiz.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-May-86 17:40:07 EDT Article-I.D.: geowhiz.438 Posted: Wed May 21 17:40:07 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 24-May-86 00:25:33 EDT References: <746@usl.UUCP> <253@spar.UUCP> <2793@sdcrdcf.UUCP> <1768@gitpyr.UUCP> <2020@hammer.UUCP> <1796@gitpyr.UUCP> Reply-To: larry@geowhiz.UUCP (Larry McVoy) Distribution: na Organization: UW Madison, Geology Dept. Lines: 32 Keywords: NS32000