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From: brooking@mcnc.org (Jim Brooking)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.super
Subject: Re: Discussion on whether distributed networks are super
Summary: MIPS?
Message-ID: <6666@alvin.mcnc.org>
Date: 5 Jun 90 21:06:46 GMT
References: <6182@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> <49600@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <30538@cup.portal.com>
Organization: MCNC; RTP, NC
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In article <30538@cup.portal.com>, lgreen@cup.portal.com (Lawrence H Greenwald) writes:
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> An IBM 3090-400 runs about 50 MIPS (That's strictly a guess!!)
> 
What's a MIPS doing in c.s.s? We talk MEGAFLOPS here, boy!
They talk MIPS in alt.evil or other kinky newsgroups.

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