Several people asked about the benchmark wanting to "try it on their
machines".  OK, here goes...

If you're interested, get
ftp://opus.admin.utc.edu/pub/hp3000-l/whetston.mz
in binary mode.  Upload to your 3000 as, say "./WHETMOVE.MZ" (if you
have your FTP server running, then from the PC:
   :ftp my3000.dom.org
   (enter username and passwords)
   ftp> binary
   ftp> put whetston.mz ./WHETMOVE.MZ
   ftp> quit

Then on the 3000:
   :uncompre.hpbin ./WHETMOVE.MZ
   :mover.prvxl.telesup "-x WHETMOVE"

This will result in WHETRUN (an executable program) and WHETSTON (the
Fortran/iX source code).  To run on a non-HP system, remove the PROCTIME
calls and substitute something suitable for your target platform to
measure CPU time (if needed).

Please let me know your results and I'll assemble the final tallies!

Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>