9 Aug
1999
9 Aug
'99
9:57 a.m.
--- allisonp(a)world.std.com wrote:
I always liked to see the looks on people's faces when I compared our
VAX-11/750 (0.6 VUPS) with the *integer* performance of a Sega Genesis
(8Mhz 68000). The reason we could support 20+ users on the VAX with 8Mb
of memory was a) the 32-bit channel to disk and b) DMA outbound serial I/O
(a wad of Emulex 16-port muxes). Of course, it was more fun to be the
only user, especially when playing "Empire".
-ethan
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>Dhrystone
clocks it at 1974 MIPS (aka 1.974 GIPS!) Truely it boggles the
>mind. I had to explain to our sysadmin how the uVAX 3900 sitting in my
>office was about the speed of a 386/25 and he nearly choked.
"There's more to computer performance
than clock speed, folks."
Bigtime!
back when pc and Vaxen were being pitted, the 386/16 was on par with
a Vax750 if it had the FPU chip. Otherwise the vax could out math it.