On 13/2/07 22:11, "arcarlini at iee.org" <arcarlini at iee.org> wrote:
Quite how the VAX-11/780 became the reference 1 MIP
machine
while technically cranking through only half that many instructions
is something that I've never figured out. Anyone know?
Oddly enough, even IBM accepts this history:
Given the old machines I've been exposed to recently I can only say it's
because they smelt nice when hot :)
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