> ----------
> From: William Donzelli[SMTP:william_at_ans.net]
> Reply To: classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu
> Sent: Monday, October 19, 1998 11:05 AM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: Re: discrete transistors
>
> > 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
>
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