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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: latest Microvax2 info
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Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 13:21:43 EST
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Some minor additions to the stuff about the Microvax 2 that I posted
a month or so ago...

Microvax-2-based machines are now running real operating systems for
testing within DEC.  Their speed is quite impressive; in particular,
some double-precision floating-point benchmarks apparently run faster
than on a 780 with an FPA!  In general the Microvax 2 is not as fast
as a 780, but it's not too much slower either.

The announcement date for the first Microvax 2 products has been set
and is "soon".  (The exact date is Top Secret.)  I got a vague idea
that this might mean "summer".
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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