So, assuming the Spirit was a 1x machine (I seem to recall a small DEC 1400 (?) being
a 2x - sooo many years) if the spirit could complete 10,000 "transactions" in a quanta
of time, and the new machine finishes the same task (approximating real world
environment) in some fraction of this time, t
In a message dated 4/24/2004 2:32:16 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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> Again, what would an 'x' be in MHZ. Or for that fact, what would a MCD
> spirit 600 be. One of my clients still has one and I could reference it
> against some of my 2.4Ghz D3 clients.
There is no compari
I know it was an Ultimate. I worked with MCD during that time and they used
the ultimate x's somewhat for comparison purposes. I worked with Ted in
1978-79 before he spun off from 4 Gary Rd.
Again, what would an 'x' be in MHZ. Or for that fact, what would a MCD
spirit 600 be. One of my clients sti
Circa 1983-85. I'm pretty sure that Ted was showing off a Honeywell Level 6
and not a Microdata.
Ultimate's X calculations were based on the native speed of the cpu.
Original Level 6, circa 1979-81 = 1x
The 5x board came out in 1982-83. If I remember correctly, my tests showed
the speed was mor
