Bill Todd wrote: > "David Froble" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message > news:3CD0CAA5.1010202@tsoft-inc.com... > >>Hey Bill, do you do anything besides watch for Rob's posts? I never get >> > to jump > >>on him first. >> > > Actually, it's Rob's posts that seem to jump out at me, and responses have > become almost automatic since his material doesn't change much. Of course, > that can give my responses a certain sameness as well... > > Just to break the monotony, I'm thinking of making up a Letterman-style 'top > ten' list of reasons why we're all still breathlessly awaiting the public > debut of Itanic 2. That would be entertaining. > At this rate, EV7 and Hammer may not only be > embarrassingly faster, but embarrassingly faster to market as well. And > (while on the subject of Itanic 2's wondrous performance if and when), I was > surprised to notice recently that USIII Forgive my ignorance, or possibly failing memory. Who is USIII? What is their product? Is this the current name for those producing MIPS? > has made it up to 610 in SPECint2K > performance: wouldn't it be amusing if after all the "Just wait for > McKinley!" hype over the past year Itanic *still* turned out to be at the > back of the pack? > > - bill Amusing yes, surprising no. Dave * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *