Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!ukma!dftsrv!tzeng From: tzeng@sunland.gsfc.nasa.gov (Nigel Tzeng) Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga Subject: Benchmarks and other nonsense Message-ID: Date: 7 May 91 14:18:27 GMT Sender: news@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Distribution: usa Organization: Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD Lines: 25 Hi! We're getting a demo A3000UXD RSN from the Commodore Federal Systems Group in Reston VA. We like to run a few benchmarks against a Sun 3 that is around here and maybe (if we can find one) a dec station. Granted that the numbers are likely to be mostly bogus for real comparisons but I'd like to humor my boss ;-). Could someone give me a list of the most common and the most useful benchmarks to run on both platforms (Sun and Ami). If someone could also give me a quick rundown on the max data rate the Zorro bus can support it would be a big help. We write ground systems for NASA so being able to gobble (and display) data at a fast rate is a real plus. At the moment the max downlink rate is 900Kbits...which means that we need roughly double that. Thanks! BTW: For anyone in the DC area that wants a demo the people at New Age Computers (College Park) do a credible job. NT ---- Nigel Tzeng - STX - SMEX Project tzeng@sunland.gsfc.nasa.gov nigel@eagle.gsfc.nasa.gov