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From: bsb@hpuerca.HP.COM (Brett Baumberger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Anyone using SoftPC on HP720?
Message-ID: <1340022@hpuerca.HP.COM>
Date: 29 Jun 91 14:47:08 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard NARC -- Atlanta
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Hi Sam,

I support SoftPC at the HP Response Center.  I do not have a copy of SoftPC
for our 700's yet, so I don't expect you will be able to locate any HP
*customers* that have it.  Maybe some labbies will give you ideas on what
to expect.  I will tell you what I expect, but keep in mind these are my
opinions only.

Currently,  SoftPC 2.03 does 286/12 MHz emulation according to benchmarks
I have run.  I compares favorably with my Vectra ES12 in every area EXCEPT
graphics performance and disk I/O.  The next version of SoftPC will be 3.0,
and claims to have 386/25 MHz performance. We'll see.  My understanding is
that 3.0 will be the first version to run on 700's.  I expect a 2x to 4x
performance increase on 400's.  I expect performance on Series 700's to be
much greater than what you are seeing now.  I could be *wrong* about the
first version to run on Snakes.

Keep in mind that SoftPC is *extremely* cpu intensive, so the amount of
other processes running will affect SoftPC performance.  I don't not expect
you to dedicate your 400 to SoftPC.

I am as anxious as you are to know about SoftPC performance on Snakes.

Brett Baumberger
*These are my opinions, not my company's, and they are not a sales pitch*