cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) (08/21/87)
I've been looking at AT clone ads, and I've noticed that there are number of 10 Mhz AT clones, many of which are 1 wait state. There are a number of 8 Mhz AT clones as well, most of which are 0 wait state. Since the price difference is frequently on the order of $150-$200 between the two, I wonder if I might be better off to buy a faster hard disk (<30 ms access time instead of >30 ms) instead of getting a 10 Mhz 1 wait state system. Unfortunately, the Norton SI index is really a measure of processor speed, not of total speed including disk. Anyone have access to roughly comparable AT clones, one at 8 Mhz, 0 wait, the other at 10 Mhz, 1 wait, to give performance figures? Clayton E. Cramer
sytek@tekgen.TEK.COM (Mike Ewan) (08/24/87)
In article <1792@kontron.UUCP> cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes: >... I've noticed that there are [a] number >of 10 Mhz AT clones, many of which are 1 wait state. There are a number >of 8 Mhz AT clones as well, most of which are 0 wait state. Since the >price difference is frequently on the order of $150-$200 between the two, >I wonder if I might be better off to buy a faster hard disk (<30 ms >access time instead of >30 ms) instead of getting a 10 Mhz 1 wait state >system. Try an AST Premium/286. It's 10Mhz with up to 4Meg of 0 wait state memory. It's a little more money that the offshore clones but in my opinion well worth it. { I have no connection with AST, nor do these opinions necessarily reflect those of my employer. etc. etc.} Mike Ewan Tektronix Inc. sytek@tekgen.TEK.COM