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From: jmsully@admin.UUCP (John M. Sully)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Microport 386 UNIX 5.3 Rel 2.1 speed questions
Message-ID: <166@admin.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 30-Nov-87 12:18:56 EST
Article-I.D.: admin.166
Posted: Mon Nov 30 12:18:56 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 4-Dec-87 04:39:20 EST
References: <346@oracle.UUCP>
Reply-To: jmsully@admin.UUCP (John M. Sully)
Organization: Microport Systems, Scotts Valley, CA
Lines: 11
Keywords: Microport, Compaq 386, System 5.3, drystones

In article <346@oracle.UUCP> bradbury@oracle.UUCP (Robert Bradbury) writes:
|I've just installed Microport Unix 5.3 Rel 2.1 on my Compaq 386.
|I'm puzzled about the speed of the machine.  Microport UNIX 5.2
|on the 386 (in 286 mode) gives a Drystone rating of 3275 with
|the UNIX compiler and 3500 with the Metaware compiler.  The 5.3
|release in 386 mode gives a Drystone rating of 1652 (no-reg)
|and 1773 (reg).

This problem might be caused because the system is running a 8Mhz instead
of 16Mhz.  Set SW-4 on the motherboard to off to force the system to boot
at 16Mhz.