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From: dibble@rochester.ARPA (Peter C. Dibble)
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Subject: Re: AT&T MIPS claim
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Date: Thu, 19-Jun-86 14:53:16 EDT
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Summary: 68020 = 3 * uVax II ?!?

In article <6826@utzoo.UUCP>, henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes:
> Nobody in his right mind would buy a 780 nowadays.  And the Microvax II
> isn't that impressive either; 68020 boxes from Sun or Integrated Solutions
> are priced similarly and have 3-4 times the cpu crunch.

The Dhrystone numbers I have seen show that a Sun III is roughly
comparable to a Microvax II.  I might believe 1.5 times as fast.  Three to
four times the speed is a statement that needs support.

Peter Dibble