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From: hsc@mtuxo.UUCP (h.cohen)
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Subject: Re: AT&T MIPS claim
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Date: Mon, 2-Jun-86 17:30:29 EDT
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> I just read some trade rag that had an ad in it from Ma Bell about
>the UNIX PC.  They made this interesting claim that the UNIX PC gives
>you "75% of the power of a VAX 11/780" for "only 7% of the cost".
>Arrgh.  Come on guys.  If I wanted to hear propaganda I'd plug Intel
>into one ear and Motorola in the other.  Is this the MIP rating for the
>68010 as compared to the VAX?  Looks like it.  One really couldn't ask
>for a better example of the Meaningless Index of Performance.  I've seen
>many a 780 run with more than 20 users.  I'd like to see you put that
>many on a UNIX PC that I found can barely support one.

The comparison was made with 512K of memory and a 10MB disk in each
machine :-)