On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, hg/jb wrote:

> Vup is equivalent to approx .9 of the mythological MIP (where the KL10
> was 1.0 MIP in 1980).  If you want to compare compile times on a 4000/90
> versus a uVII, the 90 is faster than lightening!!

Actually, the VAX-11/780 is 1 VUP. With a specific version of Unix and C
compiler, that machine was also the reference 1 MIPS. So, you could claim
that 1 VUP == 1 MIPS. However, the 11/780 with a more modern OS and
compiler will produce more than 1 MIPS.

I don't remember seeing the KL10 ever being used as reference, but I
believe it was slightly faster than the 11/780.

	Johnny

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