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From: gnome@olivee.UUCP (Gary Traveis)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Re: Z-100 blows away IBM-AT
Message-ID: <370@olivee.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 31-May-85 19:58:10 EDT
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> 
> Doing a little checking last night, yielded that the stock IBM-AT at 6MHz
> uses a memory wait state (so IBM can use cheap 5 MHz memory), so now
> how fast is the machine?  Reports indicate that 1 Memory wait state 
> slows down throughput about 20-30% depending on the application.
> 
> The Z-100s don't have problems with their Winnies either...   (-:
> 
> I know I am taking vicious stabs at IBM, that one benchmark doesn't
> prove much, but I was surprised myself, as I thought that the AT WOULD
> be a lot faster than a Z-100.  It is faster than a 4.77MHz IBM-PC.
> 
> Cheers,
> Gern
> -------

Let's face it, when taking the PC-AT's price/performance into consideration,
almost any similarly max-ed out system can run rings around the AT.

"But when Cray comes out with a $7.95 pocket-sized unit with full
  graphics, they'll still ask 'Is it IBM compatible?'"