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From: berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: index of Model 30
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Date: 8 Dec 87 22:34:00 GMT
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Nf-From: clio.las.uiuc.edu!berger    Dec  8 16:34:00 1987


You're observing the meaninglessness of the Norton SI figure.
It must rely heavily on data transfers, because my NEC APC,
running at 5 MHz with an 8086, gets a 1.6 rating.  It reads
2.5 with a V30 installed.  It certainly doesn't run any real
programs 2.5 times faster than a PC.

			Mike Berger
			Center for Advanced Study
			University of Illinois 

			berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
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