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From: mp@allegra.UUCP (Mark Plotnick)
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Subject: Re: New high-end VAXes
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Date: Sun, 16-Feb-86 14:24:54 EST
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Are the processors in this 12-MIPS 8800 just 2 8650's?  I presume that
8650's are 6 MIPS, since they're said to be 1.44 times the speed of
4-MIPS 8600's (yes, the number in the brochure really is "1.44" -- I
guess DEC has just gotten their "hypersquare" technology perfected).