On Mon, 14 Jul 1997, Erik E. Fair wrote:
> Quadra 950 (33 MHz 68040)	MacOS 7.6.1	  9 kilokeys/sec
> 	(AppleShare server)
> 
> Quadra 700 (25 MHz 68040)	MacOS 7.6.1	  6 kilokeys/sec
> 	(console for all SPARCs)
> 
> Sun 3/60 (20 MHz 68020)		NetBSD-current	  2.5 kilokeys/sec
> 	(NetBSD/sun3 build system)
> 
> After looking at this, I decided not to run the Bovine client on the 68K
> machines - the Sun 3/60 would turn in one key block every 27 hours or so (and
> probably not even that often, since it spends a large percentage of its power
> doing the daily NetBSD builds); the PPC machines, by contrast, turn in a key
> block every 15 to 20 *minutes*. Actually, the Quadra 950 is just barely worth
> it, so maybe I'll run it there.

I certainly agree that the PPC is very nice and has a lot of bang for the
buck... I wish I had one (or more :) However, I think the 68k is a bit
better than those numbers would indicate. It seems that the version 2 68K
MacOS client isn't very optimized; I get 6Kkeys/s on my Centris 660av
(25MHz 040) with it, but the version 2 NetBSD/m68k client gets a bit over
10Kkeys/s on the same machine. The version 1 MacOS client seemed to be
even better... I think I got around 11Kkeys/s with it.  I'm also getting
5.1 Kkeys/s on a PowerBook 150 (what is that? a 25MHz 030?), with the v1
MacOS client (NetBSD won't boot on it yet).

Anyways, I just wanted to point out that those of us without PowerMacs can
still participate, if so inclined...
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