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From: wallwey@snoopy.Colorado.EDU (WALLWEY DEAN WILLIAM)
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Subject: Re: 106 mip PC/ NeXT comparison....
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Date: 25 Jul 90 21:07:50 GMT
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In article <3644@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> petey@umbc5.umbc.edu.UUCP writes:
>
>>The single processor is rated at 26.5 MIPS (not 26).
>
>
>486's run at 26.5 mips??? Really???  I thought the fastest was around
>12 or 13.   How fast do they have those 486's going now?
>And what are some of the price tags on these speed demons???
>Also, how could one of these running SCO or Xenix stand up to the Next?
>
>
>Dying of curiosity,
>
>								Petey

I doubt the 26.5 mips is really that high(unless its running at
something like 40Mhz--but I don't know).  Anyways I have seen in the
Byte Magazine UNIX benchmarks that a 33 MHz 386 Everex PC is supposed to
be considerably faster than the current NeXT machine. (Something to the
tune of the NeXT being only 60% as fast the Everex...but this may be wrong.)
   One thing I have heard is that the next NeXT (no pun intened) is supposed to
use the 68040 and is supposed to be a SCREAMER!! (and is reported as
having super color!)


Dean Wallwey


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