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From: sohail@terak.UUCP (Sohail M. Hussain)
Newsgroups: net.works,net.micro.16k
Subject: Re: 32032 UNIX
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Date: Thu, 31-Jan-85 21:25:45 EST
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> Early prototype versions of
> the box ran with 4 and 6Mhz parts, because of the inavailability of 10Mhz
> ones, and bug-free 10Mhz parts (rev N) are still not available in production
> quantities

We have some of those 10Mhz rev N parts, in our work station and
what has been puzzeling me, is that these machines out perform out
Vax 750. (not in compiles ofcourse, but in execution times)

Can some one out there shed some light on why a 32016, runs faster
than a 750, in programs that access memory (using pointers or matrix type
operations.)

As background, we have Vax 750, with 3Mb mem, running 4.1 BSD
and the workstations are of our own manufacture, using a 10Mhz 32016,
4Mb memory, and running 4.1 Genix. The times were done with both systems
running multiuser, but only one person logged in.

Looking forward to some answer, as I have always though of our 750 as a
fair size machine, it supports our development efforts quite well, I am
now faced with either having to start respecting the 32016 more, 
or the 750 less.

sohail
Sohail Hussain

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Sohail Hussain

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