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Subject: Re: Sun-3: 15 or 16.67 MHz?
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Date: Mon, 3-Feb-86 03:16:32 EST
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In article <169@srs.UUCP>, matt@srs.UUCP (Matt Goheen) writes:
> Every reference I have seen on the Sun-3 in USENET has stated
> (assumed?)  that the 68020 runs at 16.67 MHz.  We have recently
> received some literature from Sun on the Sun-3 and it states that
> the clock rate is 15 MHz?  Why is everyone saying 16.67?

The Sun-3 architecture does not specify a clock speed.
The Sun-3/75, 160, and 180 run at 16.67 MHz.
The Sun-3/50 and /52 run at 15 MHz.

The /50 is the cheap machine and people felt that the price reduction
was worth the performance loss.  Given that a /50 is $7900 while a
similar /75 runs $15900 I think they were right.
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