I guess it all depends on where you are coming from. Going to an A400-110
from a 927LX, the computer is about twice as fast and runs Speedware code
effortlessly, which used to be a real hog on the 927LX. I am very happy with
the A400, crippled or not.
    Tom Hula
    Victor S. Barnes Company

John Burke wrote:
| Craig Lalley wrote:
|
|
| Jeff Woods <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
| I don't know if it works on MPE because after pegging an
| [effectively 58MHz] A400-110 CPU at 90% for most of an hour I
| killed it.
|
| Now it all makes sense.  I have a customer who is running an
| A400-110 and it is one of the slowest computers I have ever
| seen.  As the only user I still get awful response times. (2Gb
| of memory)
|
| Is there anything that can be done to upgrade the horsepower on
| this snail? I thought it might be possible to at least add a
| second processor, but crashed and burned on that route (HP said
| it could not be done).
|
| Any helpful suggestions would be appreciated.
|
| ======================
|
| HP ought to be embarrassed by the A400-110. The actual
| performance throttling versus the HP-UX version is on the order
| of 1/8. Note this was done solely to promote sales of the more
| expensive and higher margin N-class systems, not for any
| technical reason.
|
| The number one item on the 2003 SIB with 2079 votes (vs 1694
| for number two) was "Remove CPU throttling code on affected
| A-/N-class systems post 10/31/2003."
|
| HP has yet to respond.
|
| John Burke
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