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From: R1SCM@AKRONVM.BITNET (Dr. Steven C. Myers)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.sas-l
Subject: Re: updated TESTBASE benchmark data?
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Date: 1 Feb 90 14:47:56 GMT
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In-Reply-To:  Message of Wed, 31 Jan 90 15:46:10 PDT from <CONJPM@UCSCVM>

On Wed, 31 Jan 90 15:46:10 PDT Jim Mulherin said:
>Nelson Pardee performed and collected benchmarks using TESTBASE as in
>SAS 6.03 for his 1988 SUGI paper.  Others added to what he did.  I do
>not have the most recent version and wonder if Nelson or others on the
>list might have more they can report.  I am looking especially for:
>
>               386 25 & 33 MHz boxes
>               486 box
                ... and others more powerful to mention...

     Those 2 or 3 of us still chugging along on a 80286-12MHz, 640K, would
appreciate seeing relative comparisons that include the "low" end.  Perhaps
that will provide some ammunition in our fight to get a "real" computer on
which to run our PC-SAS.

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 Dr. Steven C. Myers,
 Department of Economics, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325