>
>< But you can't build a *system* with that overall density.
>
>Long standing problem but, the military did have machine approacing
that
>density. Consider that once you got over a certain size it was less
>imporant to be small.
>
What about 386s? Did Intel outrun the mainframes with the 386, or were
there discrete transistor machines with better performance than that?
BTW, what did the Cray I use?
>Yep.
>
>I disagree that a 286 had more raw cpu performance than some of the big
>transistor machines. I still remember the BOCES/LIRICS KA10 running
some
>300 users. I've never seen a 286 run more than 4. Same applies to IBM
>2060s.
>
>Allison
>
>
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