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- From: gorton@sousa.tay.dec.com (Richard Gorton)
- Newsgroups: comp.arch
- Subject: Re: IBM AS/400 is the world's slowest computer
- Message-ID: <2350@sousa.tay.dec.com>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 22:11:29 GMT
- References: <1992Dec18.165950.15013@webo.dg.com>
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- Reply-To: gorton@sousa.tay.dec.com (Richard Gorton)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Littleton MA
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- In article <1992Dec18.165950.15013@webo.dg.com>, lewine@cheshirecat.webo.dg.com (Donald A. Lewine) writes:
- |>From: lewine@cheshirecat.webo.dg.com (Donald A. Lewine)
- |>Subject: IBM AS/400 is the world's slowest computer
- |>
- |>IBM is currently running full-page Ads that claim "The AS/400
- |>is the world's most powerfull computer with the industry's best
- |>price/performance(*)"
- |>
- |>"(*) According to the TPC-C benchmark results published through
- |> 12/3/92"
- |>
- |>IBM does not point out the the AS/400 is the only computer with
- |>TPC-C results published as of 12/3/93. The AS/400 is also the
- |>world's slowest and most expensive computer by the same benchmark.
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- And it has a WHETSTONE of 1 (ONE). Batch compiles ran faster
- when the system thought it was heavily loaded as opposed to effectively
- single-user mode.
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- Really. (I know someone whom worked on a FORTRAN compiler for it)
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