"Phil Smith III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > (Cross-posted to IBM-VM and IBM-MAIN) > > A buddy asked me: > > "At a previous employer, someone had an article, poster or something (I know - real specific - it was 15+ years ago) that tried to put the time for computer events into perspective. It started with the quickest instruction (RR) having a baseline of 1 second. It the proceeded to go through all of the instructions, RX, RS, SS etc. and then into I/O, MIH and so on. Have you ever heard or seen anything like this? I'm having trouble stressing the importance of poor I/O response time and I thought this might be of use." > > I had to tell him I hadn't ever seen such a thing, but would like to. I figure if anyone else alive knows what this is/was, they'll be on one of these two lists...! > > Anyone? > -- > ...phsiii >
A ROT I learned many years ago: if an instruction takes 1 second, an I/O takes 2 weeks. Kees. ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html