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From: robertsw@...!asuvax!gtephx (Wild Rider)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: MIPS on 386
Message-ID: <1991May28.202713.1040@...!asuvax!gtephx>
Date: 28 May 91 20:27:13 GMT
References: <1991May23.105137.294@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Reply-To: robertsw@gtephx.UUCP (Wild Rider)
Organization: AG (formerly GTE) Comm. Sys., Phx, AZ
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	In article <1991May23.105137.294@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
	byu@csri.toronto.edu (Benjamin Yu) writes:
>I want to find out how many mips are the 386's running at.  A number of
>dealers told me their 33 Mz machine runs at about 7 to 8 mips.  When I go
>to the stores and run the mips program from Chips and Technology, it only
>shows actual MIPS to be around 4.7.  Does anyone have a clue who is lying:
>the dealer or the program??

	think real hard... who has a stake in "stretching the truth" here?
	who would just love to get his hands on your wallet, hmmm?

	surely canadian sales-slugs are no less slimy than those down here
	in the usa?

	a friend of mine used to sell cars for a living; he told me that
	in sales meetings they were _explicitly_ instructed to "tell the
	customer whatever he wants to hear" to make the sale.

	how can you tell when a sales-slug is lying? its lips are moving.

	remember, if it sells something, it's a sales-slug.
>
>Benjamin Yu

	cheers,
	wr (wild rider)
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