19 Oct
1998
19 Oct
'98
4:27 p.m.
Allison J Parent wrote:
< Is mhz == MegaHertz or is mhz == milliHertz?
< If so, that could be why this machine seems SO slow.
MegaHz 10^6, milliHz 10^-3. aka typo. however part of standard usage
would dictate MHZ and mhz being the same unless the context was extremely
slow events.
Now if it were MHy and mHy the assumption would be 10^-3 as a million
Henry inductor is very unlikely. Things like this tend to be somewhat
self checking.
Actually 386sx/16 is pretty speedy of the memory bus is wide. I have a
DELL 316sx that runs Minux like gangbusters.
Back in 1989, the Zenith TurboSport with a 386 at 12 MHz ran SCO Unix
as fast as most desktop systems with 16 MHz 386s. Of course, the
Zenith desktop at 33 MHz also ran as fast as most desktops with 16 MHz
386s. Definitely a schizophrenic company even before they sold out to
Groupe Bull. And while Zenith laptops (aside from that lunchbox
thing) always looked damned good, the majority of Zenith's desktop
systems were butt ugly -- perfect for the government contracts they
were mostly built for.
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