17 Apr
2002
17 Apr
'02
6:36 p.m.
On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Tom Uban wrote:
Then we have to come up with the unity ambit (or
whatever we choose)
machine, just like the VAX 11/780 was the gold standard for a 1 mip
machine. I'm sure that this part will be the most difficult given the
broad range of this group's tastes. Something between a Babbage engine
and an Apple I would be my guess. A good check for the quality of the
equation would be to verify that the number increases properly with the
various machines over the years...
I'm thinking good benchmark machines might be either the PDP-1 or IBM 1130
as they bridge the gap in my mind between mainframes and "personal
computers".
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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