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From: chan@hpfcmgw.HP.COM (Chan Benson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Re: Dream System (sort of)
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Date: 19 Dec 90 18:07:25 GMT
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Well, I seem to be having some problems with getting my "remove foot
from mouth" posting posted. So if you see this multiple times, I 
apologize.

In a previous note, I wrote...

>> Does speed not matter?  The Sparcs are much (10x?) faster.
>
>I'm willing to admit some advantages to Sun, but the Sparcstation I is
>about the same performance as the 400t.  At the worst the multiplier is
>some number greater than one and less than two.  It's certainly nowhere
>near ten.
>
>			-- Chan
>
>If all the false statistics presented on usenet in a year were placed
>end to end they would circle the equator 50,000 times.

I inadvertantly added a few yards of misinformation of my own. I should
have qualified the above statement with the word "integer". Floating point
performance on the SparcStation is about 3-4 times faster than a 68030
based 400t. The 68040 upgrade narrows that gap substantially.

			-- Chan