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From: jhc@mtune.UUCP (Jonathan Clark)
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Subject: Re: AT&T MIPS claim
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Date: Sun, 8-Jun-86 23:24:49 EDT
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In article <286@sfsup.UUCP> mjs@sfsup.UUCP (M.J.Shannon) writes:
>On the other hand, if you stuff 8 Meg into a UNIX PC, put an RP07 or an RA81
>or similar sort of large, fast disk on it, you get the quoted horsepower at
>a considerable, but less than 100% cost of the 780.

You can't put more than 4 MB onto a UNIX PC, and you can't put any
big, fast disks onto it either. Even if you could (and I could really
use a unix pc with 4 MB and a couple of Eagles) you still wouldn't get
the power because of bus bandwidth limitations.

As a CPU benchmark only the MIP claims and Dhrystone ratings may have
some validity; and a measure of system performance they have none.

Remember, these days there are five types of falsehoods:
	Lies
	Damned Lies
	Statistics
	Benchmarks
	Salesman's claims

PS Anyone know the origin of this recent version of the famous
chestnut? Even the original original?

-- 
Jonathan Clark
[NAC,attmail]!mtune!jhc

My walk has become rather more silly lately.