Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!purdue!decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!munnari!otc!gregw From: gregw@otc.oz (Greg Wilkins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k Subject: Re: Goodspeed GS-32 users, anybody out there? Message-ID: <509@otc.oz> Date: 30 Nov 88 08:17:59 GMT References: <67@sopwith.UUCP> Organization: OTC Development Unit, Australia Lines: 25 in article <67@sopwith.UUCP>, snoopy@sopwith.UUCP (Snoopy T. Beagle) says: > |It's a cute box, but it's slow. The name "375" comes of having half the > |power of a Vax 750 (no kidding!) which means it has about 0.25 VAX MIPS. > |Dhrystone results bear this out. > > Something doesn't compute here. For most things, a 32016/10Mhz box is > roughly the same as a VAX 750, not 1/2 of it. Have you run other benchmarks? > Dhrystones are a really poor benchmark, IMHO. While Dhrystones may not reflect all styles of computing, at least they are deterministic. Who knows what a MIP is? I feel that the MIP bench mark lost all meaning when it was discovered that 1 VAX MIP = 0.5 Mythical MIPs, and some people use machine dependant MIPs, some use VAX MIPs but only say MIPs, Some say VAX MIPs and mean what we thought a VAX MIP was and some say VAX MIPs and mean what a VAX MIP really is???????????????? Anyway, to the point. I while ago, I saw a posting asking for detailed information on drystones achieved by any 32K system. Has that list been posted?? Who was it that was doing the collection? Greg Wilkins ACSnet: gregw@otc.oz UUCP: {uunet,mcvax}!otc.oz!gregw |||| OTC || Phone: (02) 287 4862 Telex: OTCAA120591 231 Elizabeth Ph O/S: +612 287 4862 Snail: GPO Box 7000, Sydney, NSW. Fax: (02) 287 4990 Sydney 2001, Australia