On Mon, 13 Oct 1997, der Mouse wrote:

> >> "Check out my wickedly complex Ultra-CISC MicroVAX II.  Bet your
> >> Pentium II 300MHz can't crank out 0.9 VUPS like this baby can!
 
> Hey, when we went to the MicroVAX-II we were happy because it was about
> 1.25 times our old 780, for our jobs.  Where'd you get that 0.9 figure?

>From Digital's web site:
http://www.digital.com/info/alphaserver/solutions/ibi/oldspecs/mvii.html
http://www.digital.com/info/alphaserver/solutions/ibi/oldspecs/old_system_specs.html

My mistake on the VUPs.  My thoughts were foggy and I made the
mistake of attempting to cross-check with resources on the net.  
I claim the defense of misinformation:

http://www.ora.com/reference/dictionary/terms/M/Millions_of_Instructions_Per_Second.htm

-brian.
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