In a message dated 12/2/2008 2:51:51 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
An instruction timings book is not intended for use by management. >> Think I told this before but we had a Prof who went to work for MASSSTOR in Silicon Valley and one of the first things they tried was to swap the IBM internal processor with an Amdahl equivalent to save a few bucks per unit. For ninety five percent of the time worked great, other five percent was triage. Long story short the published specs and internal speed were within tolerances, but the IBM processors didn't vary as much in their cycles under load. **************Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW AOL.com. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
