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From: lowey@herald.usask.ca (Kevin Lowey)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: The best of all worlds (Was Re: OS/2 2.0 is here! READ THIS...)
Message-ID: <1991Apr30.152517.2749@herald.usask.ca>
Date: 30 Apr 91 15:25:17 GMT
References: <1991Apr30.150110.2745@ccad.uiowa.edu>
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
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From article <1991Apr30.150110.2745@ccad.uiowa.edu>, by cadsi@ccad.uiowa.edu (CADSI):
>>                         If you had a Unix-based OS that could run DOS 
>> applications in a MOTIF/X11R4 window, great - I'll buy one.  The point is, 
>> not many would.
> 
> SoftPC has done this for some time now and is available on many platforms.

Big #8-) there ...

I run a suite of benchmark programs I wrote.  They aren't perfect, but they
do provide a way to rank the machines I've seen according to speed. The
results are at least consistant (faster MHz = faster machines, etc.)

Soft PC 1.2  on a VAXstation 3100 took 1466.72 seconds
Soft PC 2.2  on a VAXstation 3100 took 736.87  seconds (One user)
Soft PC 1.21 on a 16 Mhz Mac IIx  took 1309.91 seconds

Just to put that in perspective, here are some real PC times:

4.77 Mhz IBM XT           computer 783.56 seconds (281.11 with 8087)
8 Mhz DEC VAXmate         computer 206.62 (87.60 with 80287)
10 Mhz PS/2-60 in OS/2 1.1 DOS box 170.03 (65.07 with 80287)
Same PS/2 model 60 with DOS 3.3    163.89 (60.59 with 80287)
16 Mhz Compaq 386         computer  93.07 (57.35 with 80387)
25 Mhz Sun 386i           computer  73.22 (38.50)
AOX 25 Mhz 386 in above PS/2        62.26
Zenith 25 Mhz 80386       computer  51.25 (20.93)
Primax 33 Mhz 80386       computer  38.82 (15.06)
IBM PS/2 model 70 8048625 Mhz       26.80 (10.92)

So if you want to run an AT that has effective thruput about the same as
an 4.77 Mhz XT, then I guess SoftPC is for you #8-)

- Kevin Lowey (Lowey@Sask.USask.CA)