paul@eye.com (Paul B. Booth) (12/13/90)
In article <25849@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> bb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian Bartholomew) writes: > >Let's see SPECmarks, not MIPS! What do MIPS mean when comparing >between RISC (SPARC) and CISC (800?) architectures? Let's see blather blather blather >I don't know about Tony's area, but at the University of Florida (the >premier Florida Engineering University, perhaps one of the big 3 or 4 >in the Southeast) the HP reps are incredibly uninformed about the >workstation product line. blather blather blather >One last note: anyone who cares to dispute these points should attack >my facts, not my attitude. How about not flaming a company or product line until YOU get a little less uninformed about both. The FACT is that the HP 835 is a RISC machine, and IMHO a damn fine one. -- Paul B. Booth (paul@eye.com) (...!hplabs!hpfcla!eye!paul) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3D/EYE, Inc., 2359 N. Triphammer Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850 voice: (607)257-1381 fax: (607)257-7335
luke@modus.sublink.ORG (Luciano Mannucci) (12/14/90)
In article <1990Dec12.221231.1338@eye.com>, paul@eye.com (Paul B. Booth) writes: ... OMISSIS .. > less uninformed about both. The FACT is that the HP 835 is a RISC > machine, and IMHO a damn fine one. I strongly agree, modulo the modulo ....;-) (the modulo operation is known as beeing *very* slow). luke. -- _ _ __ Via Aleardo Aleardi, 12 - 20154 Milano (Italy) | | | _ _| (__ PHONE : +39 2 3315328 FAX: +39 2 3315778 | | |(_)(_||_|___) Srl E-MAIL: luke@modus.sublink.ORG ______________________________ Software & Services for Advertising & Marketing