Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ut-sally!utastro!jk From: jk@utastro.UUCP (John Krist) Newsgroups: net.micro.ns32k Subject: Re: Query: Symmetric 375 computer Message-ID: <1274@utastro.UUCP> Date: Mon, 22-Sep-86 23:28:28 EDT Article-I.D.: utastro.1274 Posted: Mon Sep 22 23:28:28 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 23-Sep-86 05:55:43 EDT References: <174@grpthry.UUCP> <537@rna.UUCP> <1092@ogcvax.UUCP> <546@rna.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX Lines: 17 Perhaps the 12 Mhz AT can outperform the VAX 11/780 (how many users were on it?) for small things, but let's see what it'll do when given thing like arrays greater than 64k, which is probably THE main reason for using a 32 bit processor over a 16 bitter. That 80286 will be choking bits when it hits the 64k segmentations. If someone wanted to do only small stuff, like word processing, I could see using the must cheaper AT's, but given a 800 by 800 array to process and I will refuse to do it on anything smaller than a 32 bitter! John Krist CCD Detector Lab Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin {allegra,ihnp4}!{noao,ut-sally}!utastro!jk jk@astro.AS.UTEXAS.EDU