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Article #8Re: Sun speeds
From: Wolfgang Henke
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 05:54
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 05:54
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Charles R. Hoynowski (charles@netcom.netcom.com) wrote: : In article <1992Oct29.174104.8803@netcom.com> wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke) writes: : : How much faster is the new Sun 10 than the Sun 4/670 (netcom) and Sun SS 2 : (netcom2)? Here is a simple little comparison: : : time man csh >/dev/null : : Sun 10 6 seconds 4.1.3 : Sun 4/670 9 seconds 4.1.2 : Sun SS2 9 seconds 4.1.1 : : Sun 3/60 60 seconds 4.1.1 : : I have a long list with most Suns on it. Let me know if interested and I : post it here. : : I'd like to see it. I'd be surprised if there's anything out there : that's slower than the 3/110 I'm using. :) Okay, here is the list: time man csh > /dev/null Sun 10 6 seconds wolfgang@netcom.com 4.1.3 IBM RS/6000-560 4.74 seconds y@drug.com (csh.1 from SunOS 4.1.2) HP 720 8 seconds toma@db.TC.Cornell.EDU SS 2 8.6 seconds toma@db.TC.Cornell.EDU 4/670 8.8 seconds nelson@kodak.com 4/670 9 seconds wolfgang@netcom.com Twinhead 9 seconds wolfgang@netcom.com SS 2 9 seconds root@micom.com SS 2 9 seconds wolfgang@netcom.com SS 2 11-18 seconds ado@elsie.nci.nih.gov with fast,slow IPX 8.88 seconds jack@tequila.vlsi-gw.vlsi.auc.dk 4.1.2 IPX 9 seconds wolfgang@netcom.com IPX 9.2 seconds toma@db.TC.Cornell.EDU ELC 10.8 seconds toma@db.TC.Cornell.EDU ELC 11 seconds wolfgang@netcom.com Hp9K317 11 seconds bell@EKBEXT.sps.mot.com 4/330 13 seconds dodd@mycenae.cchem.berkeley.edu 4/370 14.7 seconds robinson@stout.geo.brown.edu IPC 15 seconds db@sunbim.de SS 1+ 14.5 seconds gregorich_d@caltech.edu SS 1+ 15.7 seconds toma@db.TC.Cornell.EDU SS 1+ 16.8 seconds jack@tequila.vlsi-gw.vlsi.auc.dk 4.1.2 4/490 16.4 seconds nelson@kodak.com SLC 18.2 seconds toma@db.TC.Cornell.EDU SLC 19.5 seconds wolfgang@wsrcc.com 3/480 19.93 seconds dcn@ixplode.att.com 4/280 20-21 seconds guy@Auspex.Com 4/110 27-33 seconds toma@db.TC.Cornell.EDU 4/110 27.5 seconds nelson@kodak.com 4/110 30 seconds brossard@sic.epfl.ch 386i/250 ~40 seconds wagner@chepil.weru.ksu.edu 3/280 48 seconds guesstimate 3/60 58.60 seconds jack@tequila.vlsi-gw.vlsi.auc.dk 4.1 3/60 60 seconds wolfgang@netcom.com 3E120 61-62 seconds guy@Auspex.Com 3/80 64.4 seconds toma@db.TC.Cornell.EDU 3/80 70 seconds guy@Auspex.Com 3/80 72 seconds sjh@ultra.com 3/160 81 seconds sjh@ultra.com 3/110 90 seconds another guesstimate 3/50 102 seconds sjh@ultra.com 3/50 107-108 seconds guy@Auspex.Com 2/120 205-210 seconds wargopl@sun.soe.clarkson.edu If you have previously run catman, you must rename or delete the formatted pages in /usr/man/cat1/csh.1 before the testing. or use time nroff -man /usr/share/man1/csh.1 > /dev/null Dell uses zcat and compressed man pages and I have not yet found a good way to compare, unfortunately. Someone pointed out that there is a difference in using time man csh or time nroff. So please use these numbers with caution. -- _________________________________________________________________________ Wolfgang Henke wolfgang@henke.sf-bay.org wolfgang@netcom.com
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Newsgroups: netcom.general,comp.sys.sun.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!wolfgang From: wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke) Subject: Re: Sun speeds Message-ID: <1992Oct31.055451.3552@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5 References: <CHARLES.92Oct30163109@netcom.netcom.com> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 05:54:51 GMT Lines: 92