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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: 80x87 emulation
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Date: 24 Jan 89 16:03:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald    Jan 24 10:03:00 1989


>  I don't mind
>a decrease in speed when I see what they're getting for a '387.

There has been a serious price collapse for 387's, at least 
20MHz ones. I just got one for $430 or thereabouts from Hamilton-Avnet.
In PC week the adds are also near there.

And the speed increase if great if you need it. Yesterday we got our
new spiffy $40000 DEC Vaxstation 3100 connected to our Ethernet,
and I was able to run the Dhrystone. At 4800 it is half as fast
as the $6000 Dell 310. Using the Whetstone floating benchmark, the
Dell is 20% faster than the VAX. Without it - I rebooted before finishing.