[net.micro.pc] pc/at performance

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.
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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".
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