[geeks] Surprised

[Sridhar the POWERful]

On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Ryn wrote:

> What is the main difference between the POWER2 and POWER4? I unfortunately
> I a newbie to IBM gear.

The evolution went like this:

POWER -> POWER2 -> POWER2SC -> POWER3 -> POWER3-II -> POWER3-III ->
POWER3-IV -> POWER4

The PowerPC is a scaled-down POWER with a higher clock.

Peace...  Sridhar

> > On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 08:47:13AM -0400, dave at cca.org wrote:
> > >
> > > Just try explaining POWER4! :-)
> >
> > only $12K for an entry level POWER4 desktop.  i guess i can sell my truck, i
> > don't really need it. ;)
> >
> > > (I do need to get a POWER2 box at some point. That would do wonders
> > > for my postscript render time...)
> >
> > there are several of us here with POWER2 machines, dave, sridhar and myself
> > being three of them.  if you ever want to try to see how much faster they will
> > render postscript, let us know, i'm sure we'd be more than happy to help you
> > find out (i know i am at least) and if you think it's worth it after testing
> > you can always pick up a cheap POWER2 machine on ebay.
> >
> > -brian
> > --
> > >  Of course...a PeeCee is useless after it's four months old, remember?
> > No, no. It's *valueless* after it's four months old.
> > It's useless the moment it's made.                   -- David Fischer --
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