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From: paul@actrix.gen.nz (Paul Gillingwater)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Dream System
Keywords: Rolls Royce, but poor marketing...
Message-ID: <1990Dec11.193127.23709@actrix.gen.nz>
Date: 11 Dec 90 19:31:27 GMT
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Comment-To: bb@reef.cis.ufl.edu

In article <25849@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> bb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian Bartholomew) writes:
> One last note: anyone who cares to dispute these points should attack
> my facts, not my attitude.
 
OK here goes...

> Let's see SPECmarks, not MIPS!  What do MIPS mean when comparing
> between RISC (SPARC) and CISC (800?) architectures?  Let's see
 
The Series 800 is based on HP-PA, which is RISC.  The series 300 and
400 are 680x0, which is CISC.

I guess the keywords *are* correct.
-- 
Paul Gillingwater, paul@actrix.gen.nz