kentb@Apple.COM (Kent Beck) (11/04/88)
Someone recently posted a request for information on any Smalltalk accelerators. I have a International Meta Systems board in my PC at home which is pretty zippy. I'm not really done benchmarking it yet but it seems to be between 2 and 4 times faster than V/286 on a 20 MHz 386. Strangely enough the macro benchmarks are consistently amazing, while the micro benchmarks wander all over the map. The board will plug into any AT compatible and costs ~$6000-8000. For more information write or call: 23844 Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 200 Torrance, CA 90505 213/375-4700 Kent P.S. They say they have a Mac II version in the works, but no availability info yet. kb