> What about 386s? Did Intel outrun the mainframes with the 386, or were
> there discrete transistor machines with better performance than that?
If one looks at the Linpack benchmark, the CDC 6600 was almost twice as
fast as a Sun 386i/250 (info lifted from
<
http://lithos.gat.com/docview/linpack.bb>).
> BTW, what did the Cray I use?
The Cray-1s used simple ECL chips - I think there were only four types in
the whole machine.
William Donzelli
william_at_ans.net
Received on Mon Oct 19 1998 - 11:05:44 BST