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From: scott@opus.UUCP (Scott Wiesner)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Speeding up the AT and PC
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Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 16:04:59 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  3 16:04:59 1984
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> 	Sometimes I really wonder about the amount of 
> misinformation that is propagated by this network. 

> Current programs execute at 25% of
> the original XT speed. This really enhances the AT. 

Whew!!  That hot 286 is a real speed daemon eh?  Let's see, an
8Mhz 286 runs programs with 25% of the speed of a ~5Mhz 8088.
And I suppose the 386 will run at a blinding 25% of the speed of
the 286 which is 25% of .....  or did you mean to say programs
execute in 25% of the TIME of the XT?  

> The observent student may also examine the AT tech
> ref manual to note that the IBM AT was designed for 8 MHZ 80286
> operation. 

>							It would
> be very nice in the future if the net would look at INTEL as
> the shining star it really is.

Uh, right.  And I wonder why the AT is designed to use the 8Mhz part
when they ended up using the slower one.  Could it be that our "shining
star" didn't deliver what was promised WHEN it was promised?  

Seriously, I do appreciate knowing the fast cpu can be used without
flakey side affects.
-- 

Scott Wiesner
{allegra, ucbvax, cornell}!nbires!scott