286 = 68020?

[Dave Trissel]

In article <1494 at amdcad.UUCP> phil at amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) writes:
>
>       ...                          What he does say is for programs
>that require less than 64K of data, a 286 competes nicely with a 68020.
>

Perhaps the west coast didn't recieve Dan Tso's Unix benchmarks?  It seems
both the 286/310 and IBM PC/AT lost almost all 10 of them against a
10 Megahertz MC68010.  [Thats MC68010 - not MC68020.]

>
>>In article <588 at intelca.UUCP> kds at intelca.UUCP (Ken Shoemaker) writes:
>>>maybe Dave realizes that for programs that require less than 64K of data
>>>that a 12MHz 286 actually keeps pace with the 16.67 MHz 68020.

Hummm.  Looks like Ken never saw them either.  Should they be reposted?

Dave Trissel     {seismo,ihnp4}!ut-sally!oakhill!davet
Motorola Semiconductor Inc.