[rescue] IBM on ebay

[Chris Petersen]

On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 10:13:16PM -0400, Eric Webb wrote:
> On Wednesday 15 May 2002 09:03 pm, you wrote:
> >
> > Like hell.  That 66MHz turns in 10.4 specFP95 (that's roughly comparable
> > to a 175MHz mips R10000, a 200MHz UltraSparc or a 350MHz Pentium II).  Int
> > perf is lower but it's still no slouch.
> 
> Oh yeah, did I ever mention that that 66Mhz turns out a lot of heat as well?
> 
> *ducks from Sridhar*
> 

Ayup, they throw out a *ton* of heat.  Used one one winter as a spaceheater 
in my cubicle at my last job...Oh, yeah, and Oracle too (but mostly as a
spaceheater...).

Chris

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