[geeks] RC5 on old machines

[Kris Kirby]

IPX, 40MHz stock: 31.430 - 31.665 kkeys/s
IPC, 25MHz : 18.609 kkeys/s

Comparison:
166MHz [1] P54C: ~220 KKeys/s
90MHz Pentium: ~100 KKey/s
75MHz K5: ~200 KKeys/s
300MHz K6/2: ~540 KKey/s
433MHz dual Celeron: 2.39 Mkey/s, 1.195Mkey per processor
850MHz K7: 2.41 Mkeys/s

Nexgen P90 [2]: ~16 KKeys/s

[0] Doesn't appear to be stock; looks like a Wietek chip.
[1] Non-MMX
[2] No FPU, but is a RISC chip running a i386 emulator.

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