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From: malc@iconsys.icon.com (Malcolm Weir)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k
Subject: Re: Fastest 88k
Message-ID: <1990Nov2.200248.7837@iconsys.icon.com>
Date: 2 Nov 90 20:02:48 GMT
References: <1172@iceman.jcu.oz>
Organization: Sanyo/Icon International, Inc., Irvine, Ca.
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In article <1172@iceman.jcu.oz> cpca@iceman.jcu.oz (C Adams) writes:
>I have recently hear about an advertisement claiming 60 MIPS for an
>88k based machine (from motorola).  I find this figure way too high,
>at least for a single CPU system.
>

Moto's 60 MIPS figure is allegedly derived from running the tests that
IBM used to "prove" that the RS/6000 is faster than a speeding bullet...
It's attributed to their dual 25MHz 88K MPC/300.

>Colin Adams        You need to have a woman, before you can have a Sun :-)
>Email Address -    cpca@marlin.jcu.edu.au

Malc.