Actually, it is *most* useful to the individual user! I've
used it over the years to compare different pc systems and
new releases of Rexx on VM and ooRexx on the pc.
Before I retired from IBM, I used it regularly to give me an
idea of how the customer would perceive a change to a Rexx
Anyone object to my collecting the numbers posted and
sending them to Mike, all in *one* email!
Les
Les Koehler wrote:
I'm curious... Has anyone with real mainframe hardware (no emulation)
recently run REXXCPS that MFC wrote way back when?
See:
http://speleotrove.com/misc/rexxcpslist.html
On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:25:05 -0400 Mike Hammock said:
I have found in the past that dividing the REXX CPS number by 1800 gives an
approximation(!) of the general MIPS rating.
Mike -
I'm running a FLEX-ES box that is knee capped at 18 MIPS. I added
your formula to the end of REXXCPS. Here are
Actually, the 1800 factor gives a slightly conservative number, so 14 on a
box that is supposed to be capped at 18 MIPS is probably about right. If
you have the box I think you do, I would have said it is probably 16 MIPS,
so the 14 is reasonably close. When I developed the 1800 number we had
The part that I consider to be not very useful is the specific units that
are used. The relative number, whether REXXCPS, MIPS, BIPS, or something
else is very useful for exactly the purpose you describe. It's the name or
unit of measure you attach to the number that I think is somewhat
Well, Mike defined the meaning of the unit of measure on
his web site:
http://speleotrove.com/misc/rexxcpslist.html
How much more useful could it be?
Les
Mike Hammock wrote:
The part that I consider to be not very useful is the specific units
that are used. The relative number, whether
Just to round this off ...
Installation completed successfully, exactly as per the manual. I now have
a base-level system installed from an FTP server and upon which I shall soon
install an up-to-date RSU.
Note that 2nd-level userid used for installation is a Class G userid with no
privs - I
Jeff,
The class B requirement is there because the instructions tell you to
ATTACH the DASD to the installation guest. Obviously, if you put the
DASD in the directory, you don't need to issue an ATTACH command.
Dennis O'Brien
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