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To: dan pearson who wrote (24390)	9/19/1999 11:36:00 AM
From: dan pearson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27012

OT..oops...went in to edit message and lost the 'use fixed font' option....really messes up the tables! OT. Reposting....forgot to include a chip to span the iComp1 and iComp2 tests...hard to really compare without!! Processor Advances Year Chip Speed Transistors M.I.P.S iComp 1 iComp 2 iComp3 1979 8088 5 Mhz 29,000 0.35 - - - 1982 80286 6 Mhz 134,000 0.9 - - - 1985 80386 16 Mhz 275,000 6.0 - - - 1989 80486 25 Mhz 1,200,000 20.0 122 - - 1993 Pentium 60 Mhz 3,100,000 100.0 510 - - 1996 Pentium 166 Mhz 3,300,000 - 1308 127 - 1997 Pentium MMX 200 Mhz 4,500,000 - - 182 - 1997 Pentium II 300 Mhz 7,500,000 - - 332 - 1998 Celeron 266 Mhz 7,500,000 - - 213 - 1998 Pentium II 450 Mhz 7,500,000 - - 483 1240 1999 Pentium !!! 450 Mhz 9,500,000 - - - 1500 1999 Pentium !!! 600 Mhz 9,500,000 - - - 1930 M.I.P.S and iComp 1, 2 and 3 are rating systems used to indicate the relative performance of processors. More detail on the differences amongst these CPUs can be found at: intel.com ...dkp... geocities.com

To: dan pearson who wrote (24390)	9/23/1999 5:58:00 PM
From: Ann Janssen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27012

Hi Dan, Thanks for the history lesson. You are exactly right, In this field it's never to late to start. We are also constantly learning new things so it never gets old. But on the other hand there are things (the basics) that never go out of style. I waded into a project the other day that has no database and I have to write a simple sort from scratch. It's been 10+ years since I've had to do that, but I never paged it out from my school days. I had memorized it for a test. LOL!! I was surprised I even remembered it. ;-) Does SIAST mean anything to you?? Our software is in their schools up there. You have a great day!! Take Care Ann