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Subject: Re: brash micros versus the Big Iron: not yet
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Date: Wed, 2-Sep-87 21:28:09 EDT
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Mike (I'll be mellow when I'm dead) Meyer writes:
>It hasn't been that long since, if you really wanted to run Unix, you
>either had a 780 (no 750 back then) or a PDP-11,

I was thinking about posting this from a PDP-11/70 we have ;-).  [I
started on a 45, sigh!].

>Since most sites worrying about mini/supermini-sized Unix boxes will
>have someone around who has a feel for what a 780 is/does, they make a
>good benchmark standard.
>
>	Marketteer (sic): "This machine is 1e23 11/780 mips."
>	Eugene: "What's an 11/780." ;-)
>	Marketteer: "Dunno. We've always used them to measure machines, though."

No, "Gold plating please. [National Bureau of Standards]."  If you want
some fun, when a Mousekteer (sic) [not a wizard] quotes a Whetstone or a
Dhrystone, or whatever, ask them if they know what it is or can cite the
original reference.  9 out of 10 can't answer.  Have fun.

From the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers:

--eugene miya
  NASA Ames Research Center
  eugene@ames-aurora.ARPA
  "You trust the `reply' command with all those different mailers out there?"
  "Send mail, avoid follow-ups.  If enough, I'll summarize."
  {hplabs,hao,ihnp4,decwrl,allegra,tektronix,menlo70}!ames!aurora!eugene