Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 19:41:24 -0400 (EDT) From: -Vince- <vince@penzance.econ.yale.edu> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade to my machine Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950829193711.17081Z-100000@penzance.econ.yale.edu> In-Reply-To: <199508290901.SAA25428@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Tue, 29 Aug 1995, Michael Smith wrote: > -Vince- stands accused of saying: > >>> Hmmm, okay... I meant a Alpha 275Mhz compared to a P5-90... > >> > >> There are a few of those around here too, but it's kinda hard to get > >> realistic number off them, as they're rather busy most of the time. > > > > Hmmm, can a FreeBSD machine handle as big of a load as the Alpha? > > You really ought to stop and read what you just asked, and put the > question properly; perhaps : > > "What sort of Alpha will my P90 compare to?" You are right about that.. > The answer is, I dunno. Alpha boxes scale rather better, but that's > because they're designed as servers, not PC's. Hmmm, what about machines in terms like SUN's, HP's will the P90 compare to since the Alpha is a fast machine. > > I mean on Intel PCI Chipsets since even ftp.cdrom.com only has > > 128 megs of RAM and you need to use swap somehow even on servers since I > > haven't really seen anyone with a server with more the 256 megs of memory > > yet... > > That just means you haven't been around very long 8) I can still remember > what it used to feel like as a newbie talking about those sorts of numbers 8) I know some machines can do it but I mean the PC is still limited =) > Anyone who does big models of any sort uses huge amounts of memory, > as Rod already observed. That's true but who would actually need a gig of ram? Cheers, -Vince- vince@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu - GUS Mailing Lists Admin UCLA Physics/Electrical Engineering - UC Berkeley Fall '95 SysAdmin bigbang.HIP.Berkeley.EDU - Running FreeBSD, Real UN*X for Free! Chabot Observatory & Science Center
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