From: Fastjack@yabbs
To: cosmos@yabbs
Subject: re: x86 Unices multi-user perfo
Date: Tue Feb 22 00:40:33 1994

Yo...
>The high end sparcs are faster, but can you justify the price??
Maybe, if I can find one :)...
But seriously, which site is it that runs a 486 w/ 32 MB?
I may want to talk with this guy.  Unfortunately, or
fortunately, it looks like I may need to have at least a couple
dozen users online, with at least one shell per.  I can grab
a SS2 for maybe four and a half, but if you look at the numbers,
those things are a hell of a lot slower than tens.  And right
now, it looks like I'm talkin' 10, if I can find one for what
they probably _should_ be going for. 
Otherwise, it looks like  a 486/dx2-66 running an AT&T Unix;
the latest patch release of USL [:)] or Dell, if I could find out
anything about that.  I wouldn't even think pentium until they 
finally get that sucker over 100 MHz.  I mean, it's supposed to
do that easy, if you listen to Intel [big :)].
If they have the numbers, I guess it would be better to go with
the PC(s) rather than Sparcs, due to availability and resale value.

FJ