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- From: greg@serveme.chi.il.us (Gregory Gulik)
- Subject: Re: 3b/400 speedups
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.183639.21550@serveme.chi.il.us>
- Organization: Gagme Public Access Unix, Chicago, Illinois
- References: <1992Dec28.152156.22894@tigger.jvnc.net> <1992Dec29.203753.140@sactoh0.sac.ca.us>
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- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 18:36:39 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.203753.140@sactoh0.sac.ca.us> ccpoabt!dan@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US (Daniel James) writes:
- >
- >I can't remember exactly what it is, if it's a cpu replacement, or a
- >(crystal?) to speed up the clock. I'd have to go pull an old invoice to
- >see how much it cost us about two years ago (new), but whatever it was, I
- >don't think it was worth it. Somewhere around $800 I think, and it only
- >increased the speed by 2 or 4 mhz.
-
- Well, I'm sure you can pick up a set for much less than that
- these days, if you can fine one.
-
- Anyway, the 4Mhz increase in speed improved the dhrystone
- benchmark by 39%, but most importantly, the system FEELS
- about twice as fast!
-
- I had some hardware problems a few weeks ago, and to help
- isolate them, I popped the old 10 Mhz clock in, and I sure
- couldn't wait to get that 14 Mhz clock back in!
-
- My users were bitching and moaning that the system was slow
- as molasses.
-
- Basically, I'm very happy with the performance of the system
- at 14 Mhz. I highly recommend it to anyone who can get
- their hands on one.
-
- -greg
-
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