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Received: from ix12.ix.netcom.com (ix12.ix.netcom.com [199.182.120.12]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id UAA29798 for <executor@nacm.com>; Fri, 3 Nov 1995 20:25:57 -0800 Received: from by ix12.ix.netcom.com (8.6.12/SMI-4.1/Netcom) id UAA16143; Fri, 3 Nov 1995 20:26:17 -0800 Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 20:26:17 -0800 Message-Id: <199511040426.UAA16143@ix12.ix.netcom.com> From: dan_g@ix.netcom.com (Dan Guisinger) Subject: Re: Pentium Pro (i.e. P6) introduced today To: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford T. Matthews) Cc: executor@nacm.com Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk You wrote: > >References: <m0tAvio-00000EC@beaut.ardi.com> > <Pine.LNX.3.91.951103165025.603A-100000@spam.blenke.com> > >>>>>> "Ian" == Ian C Blenke <iblenke@blenke.com> writes: > > Ian> On Thu, 2 Nov 1995, Clifford T. Matthews wrote: > >> I do not want to start a processor war on this list, so I will > >> not give my opinion on x86 vs. PPC vs. Alpha vs ... > >> > >> However, if anyone can get one and run Speedometer under > >> Executor on one, I'd like to know the numbers that it gets. > >> Speedometer 4.0 numbers would be useful, too, although you'll > >> have to find a copy of Speedometer 4.0 and some of the numbers > >> will be (obviously) incorrect. > > Ian> I'm a bit confused here... there exists both PPC and Alpha > Ian> ports of executor? I know that it is entirely possible (your > Ian> 68040 emulation is downright scary), however from what I > Ian> understand you still need to port some instructions a bit for > Ian> "native" host processor speed. > >Poorly worded. The subject line is: "Pentium Pro (i.e. P6) introduced >today" and when I first wrote the post I asked if anyone could get >one, to please send me speedometer numbers, then I thought about it >and decided to add the first paragraph in an attempt to stave off >architecture wars. Sorry about the confusion. > >BTW, we did have a version of Executor running on the Alpha for a >little while. Expect to see one again, some day. > > Ian> Granted, you could run Executor under a SoftPC emulator (one > Ian> would suppose), but the mere thought makes me a tad ill ;) > Ian> (SoftPC emulation under Executor, under a Dosemu session > Ian> under Linux...) > > Ian> *cough* > > Ian> - Ian Blenke <ian@blenke.com> > >--Cliff > > Well, on Intels Pentium Pro area, they have testamonies from people who were lent those machines, and they still should have them for a couple months, so, see if you can get their names and e-mail addresses, and contact them! -=Dan Guisinger=-