[rescue] FS: Origin 200 with dual 270 MHz R12K CPUs

[Dave McGuire]

On Apr 28, 2004, at 2:00 PM, Eric Webb wrote:
>> I've decided to sell my Origin 200 with dual 270 MHz R12000 CPUs with 
>> 4 Meg
>> Cache, 512 Meg RAM (2 DIMMs, lots of room for expansion), 2x 4 Gig HD 
>> and
>> NO bootable OS installed for $400 + actual S/H.
>
> I've heard Dave say (a few times) that O200s are plenty fast, but can 
> you give
> me some comparisons in the SPARC and POWER lines to the machine 
> Lionel's
> selling (dual R12K/270)...?

   I haven't looked at benchmark numbers, but from using both (I have 
two Origin200s of this exact config), from the "feel" of the speed I'd 
put this machine about on par with an UltraSPARC with two 400-450MHz 
processors.

   In other words, quite beefy.  Zoom.

          -Dave

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