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September 2000, Week 3

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Gavin Scott <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 18 Sep 2000 10:52:14 -0700
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Gary writes:
> I'm sure that others will respond with the appropriate URL(s) but I wanted
> to point out one caveat.  When people ask about processor speed they
> immediately begin to compare the MHZ on a PA-RISC machine to that of the
> latest whizbang Intel/AMD processor and infer that the PA-RISC is slow.

On the other hand, the fact that the person asking about the MHz probably
has a PC that is twenty times "faster" in the MHz department might leave
them impressed at the amount of work that that "slow" e3000 is getting done.

And you can always point out that they can upgrade to an e3000 with a much
more impressive clock speed if they want to (but may not need to).

G.

P.S. All 917 through 947 models have a 32MHz clock.

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