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From: aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: DEC station 3100
Keywords: DEC Ethernet Multiple logins
Message-ID: <3085@stpstn.UUCP>
Date: 17 Mar 89 12:32:59 GMT
References: <272@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> <7561@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Reply-To: aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri)
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Organization: The Stepstone Corporation, Sandy Hook, CT
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In article <7561@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> thompson@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Steve Thompson) writes:

>have multiple users logged in. However, the machine comes with a 2 user
>license

This is one of the things that I *can't* forgive DEC for.

>compared the performance of my main application (a floating-point
>intensive code that runs for several hours) between the DS3100 and
>a Sun 4/110. The DS3100 was 3.34 times faster.

Does that 4/110 have the optional floating point?  I've found that ours
is terrible at floating point because it doesn't.

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