kds@intelca.UUCP (Ken Shoemaker) (09/07/84)
I've seen it! A friend picked one up a few days ago, and ran a benchmark he was particularily interested in: Spice. The approximate times to spice the same things (using the microsoft fortran, I believe) were VAX 11/750 w FPA ~30 seconds IBM PC/AT w 287 FP ~2 minutes IBM PC/XT w 87 FP ~6.5 minutes I have no idea what he was spicing, your mileage may vary. -- I've got one, two, three, four, five senses working overtime, trying to take this all in! Ken Shoemaker, Intel, Santa Clara, Ca. {pur-ee,hplabs,amd,scgvaxd,dual,idi,omsvax}!intelca!kds ---the above views are personal. They may not represent those of Intel.
tomk@ur-laser.UUCP (09/10/84)
Four times as long as a 750. Now what happens if you were to put 2 users on it. I bet it would gag, I have seen a 750 running spice and was not overly impressed by its speed. As Peter Honeyman said, "Its a little light on cycles". -- -------------------------- Tom Kessler {allegra |seismo }!rochester!ur-laser!tomk Laboratory for Laser Energetics Phone: (716)- 275 - 3786 250 East River Road 275 - 3194 Rochester, New York 14623