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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Real System Comparisons
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Date: 10 Aug 90 15:56:48 GMT
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In article <1990Aug10.005911.29763@uncecs.edu> urjlew@uncecs.edu (Rostyk Lewyckyj) writes:

>           =-=-=-=-=- lets quantify technical merit -=-=-=-=

Technical merit is the information you get from reading spec sheets, 
benchmarks, what have you.  Other factors are, for instance, what you do
when the thing fails.  Or when you need some technical information on it.
Or an upgrade.  And, of course, elements such as what add-on software or
hardware is even available, and how much that software or hardware will
cost you.  

>> The best Dhrystone 2.1 figure I've heard was something around 8000, other 
>> than that, I couldn't tell you.
> And the above once more illustrates my point. You know very well
> that the Dhrystone benchmark is integer and character manipulation.

Of course it is.  I'm telling you that's the only one I know about.  You
seem to believe otherwise, or maybe just feel like baiting for a flame
war.  You won't get one from me, I have better things to do.

If, instead, you would rather do something constructive, send me some
benchmark suites compiled for a 68030 Amiga, and I'll run them on the A3000.
Or send me some benchmark source, and I'll see if I can convince someone 
else with a little more free hacking time to play around with them on the 
A3000.

> (request is also somewhat more specific in that the comparisons are to be 
>  for *available* configurations, not ones in development )

That Dhrystone number is the best I've heard on the the A3000, which was
the exact *available* configuration under discussion, if you recall the
original point of this argument.  

>  Reply-To:  Rostyslaw Jarema Lewyckyj

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