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From: mark@mips.COM (Mark G. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.benchmarks
Subject: Re: SPEC source code .... HOW TO GET IT  (FAQ)
Message-ID: <44786@mips.mips.COM>
Date: 12 Jan 91 14:01:30 GMT
References: <1991Jan11.100332@ephesus.ncsa.uiuc.edu>
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In article <1991Jan11.100332@ephesus.ncsa.uiuc.edu> idilber@ephesus.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Ilhan Dilber) writes:
  >Where can I get the source codes for the SPEC benchmark suite?  Does
  >anyone have a contact
  >name/address?
  >
  >idilber@ncsa.uiuc.edu

Permit me to suggest "rewinding" your .newsrc file using an editor; for
example,
comp.benchmarks: 1-2

On our system, doing so revealed the existance of this article, less
than a month old:

 $ Date: 19 Dec 90 19:26:36 GMT
 $ 
 $ SPEC encourages end-users to use the suite for their own testing.
 $ To order SPEC, here are the 3 options:
 $ 
 $ Option #1 - SPEC benchmark tape (source code on QIC-24 tar tape) $300
 $ Option #2 - SPEC Newsletter only - $399
 $ Option #3 - SPEC Newsletter/Tape Combination $699
 $ 
 $ Outside the U.S. and Canada, please add $25.
 $ 
 $ Orders can be sent to:
 $ 
 $ SPEC
 $ c/o Waterside Associates
 $ 39510 Paseo Padre Parkway
 $ Suite 350
 $ Fremont, CA 94538
 $ Phone: 415-792-3334
 $ FAX: 415-792-4748
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