Re: How fast is a Sparc 10?

From: Mark Gibson (gibson_at_bluestem.prairienet.org)
Date: 10/12/03 

Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 23:38:19 +0000 (UTC)

Goldstar <goldstar@goldstar.com> wrote:
>How fast is a Sparc 10 compared to a Intel x86 processor?

>My sparc:
>Dual processor
>128 mb ram
>1 gb harddrive

Slow! I have a pair of Sparc 20s, one loaded with RAM and dual CPUs and
they are pooches, computationally speaking. But hey, they were given to
me for $0 (zero dollars) so I've had fun with them. It was kind of a
pain taking the shrinkwrap off the Solaris 8 boxes... Now, I might pay
as much as a dollar for a late model VAX of the speedier variety. What
can I say? I'm cheap!

Regards,
Mark "if it isn't optimized assembly language, it's slow code" Gibson 

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