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The Power 6/32 was the famous Tahoe machine of [[4.3 BSD]] fame, made by [[Computer Consoles Inc]] | |||
All that I can find out about them is this table from [http://www.dunnington.u-net.com/public/dhrystone.c http://www.dunnington.u-net.com/public/dhrystone.c] | |||
<pre> | |||
*----------------DHRYSTONE VERSION 1.0 RESULTS BEGIN-------------------------- | |||
* | |||
* MACHINE MICROPROCESSOR OPERATING COMPILER DHRYSTONES/SEC. | |||
* TYPE SYSTEM NO REG REGS | |||
* -------------------------- ------------ ----------- --------------- | |||
* CCI POWER 6/32 COS(SV+4.2) cc 7500 7800 | |||
* CCI POWER 6/32 POWER 6 UNIX/V cc 8236 8498 | |||
* CCI POWER 6/32 4.2 Rel. 1.2b cc 8963 9544 | |||
* VAX 11/780 - UNIX 5.2 cc 1515 1562 | |||
* VAX 11/780 - UNIX 4.3bsd cc 1646 1662 | |||
</pre> | |||
Which may give some indication on the initial reasons why the Power 6/32 was chosen as the sucessor to the [[VAX]] by [[CSRG]]. | |||
Revision as of 13:55, 9 February 2009
The Power 6/32 was the famous Tahoe machine of 4.3 BSD fame, made by Computer Consoles Inc
All that I can find out about them is this table from http://www.dunnington.u-net.com/public/dhrystone.c
*----------------DHRYSTONE VERSION 1.0 RESULTS BEGIN-------------------------- * * MACHINE MICROPROCESSOR OPERATING COMPILER DHRYSTONES/SEC. * TYPE SYSTEM NO REG REGS * -------------------------- ------------ ----------- --------------- * CCI POWER 6/32 COS(SV+4.2) cc 7500 7800 * CCI POWER 6/32 POWER 6 UNIX/V cc 8236 8498 * CCI POWER 6/32 4.2 Rel. 1.2b cc 8963 9544 * VAX 11/780 - UNIX 5.2 cc 1515 1562 * VAX 11/780 - UNIX 4.3bsd cc 1646 1662
Which may give some indication on the initial reasons why the Power 6/32 was chosen as the sucessor to the VAX by CSRG.
