Subject: Re: Systems for sale
From: Tom (thogland@alaskatech.org)
Date: Wed Dec 19 2001 - 16:38:21 AKST
On Wed, 19 Dec 2001 arthur@corlissfamily.org wrote:
> Okay, I'm finally getting around to freeing up some much needed space. Here's
> what I have on tap:
>
[snip the list]
>
> If you're looking to get some experience with some commercial Unices, this is
> a great way to do so. All of the OS'es are current, and while these boxes
> aren't necessarily speed daemons, they're all prefectly good workstations.
> RISC boxes are on average *much* faster than a comparable x86 chip at the same
> clock rate. Plus, you'll get to see what real hardware is like with a finely
> integrated OS. Modern PCs are still slapped-together kludges in comparison.
I'll second this one, especially with the HP C110. I have a C180, and in a
*very rough* comparison (as in, "how fast do they crunch a SETI block?")
the 180mhz HP of mine is roughly the same speed as a P3-700, while the
nice shiny new 1.8G P4 at work feels maybe 2x-3x faster. That's it -
they're quite impressive.
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