19 May
2003
19 May
'03
3:28 p.m.
On Mon, 19 May 2003, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
IMHO it's not too bad. I've noticed it does seem to boot AIX faster
than the 220; if you're not doing 64bit stuff, it's a fair amount
faster, since it's just a 32bit proc not a 64bit one.
The POWER is 32-bit. But for anything with FP in it, the POWER will stomp
all over the 601.
Peace... Sridhar
Got a RS6000 model 250. It had the key in the switch
which I
understand is a good thing. Is this computer worth keeping?
It's kinda slow. PowerPC 601 at 66 or 80 MHz. Uses ECC PPD 72-pin
SIMM's. The "lower" model in the 7011-series, the RS/6000
POWERstation 220 actually outruns it in most thing running a POWER at
33MHz.