Sanyo 55x detractors (was:RE: IBM Floppy...)

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Mon Jan 18 20:33:49 1999

At 05:23 PM 1/18/99 -0600, you wrote:

>> Faster? Are we talking about the same machine? The Sanyo had to be the
>> only clone that ever took IBM's pokey 4.77Mz clock and *reduced* it to
>> 3.58MHz!
>
>Mine was faster, after I dumped a $25 (then) NEC V20 into it while the PC
>stayed with it's original processor.

   SI reported .7 on my 550 compared to 1 on a PC. With the V20 the 550
reported .8 to .9 . The PC reported ~1.2 to 1.3 with a V20. Even with a
V20 the Sanyo was still slower than the stock PC!

  Joe
Received on Mon Jan 18 1999 - 20:33:49 GMT