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Well said. In addition, let's not forget the greeting/rules we all received upon subscribing to this list, from which I quote the following excerpt verbatim: QUOTE: >>> NOTE <<< In general, advertising of commercial products or services is prohibited on this list. UNQUOTE At 04:52 PM 7/20/97 -0400, axel hartmann wrote: >Hello David, > >Thank you for your persistence in pointing out the facts that >are still missing from PEP's postings. I've been on this list >for well over a year now. >PEP keeps on butting in with advertisements that are at least >borderline spam. There are plenty of other companies out there >doing the same sort of upgrades which don't advertise on this >list. What makes PEP annoying is that they are not at the technical >level that this list is generally at. They, or Michael, are not >responding to very clear requests to back their claims. > >Thank you, David, for not giving up! > >PEP, why don't you answer David's questions? It would make >my life easier as well, because I really don't want to have to >figure out how spam filters work with Microsoft Exchange... > >axel > > > > >On Saturday, July 19, 1997 19:19, David Ross[SMTP:ross@math.hawaii.edu] wrote: >>> I must disagree on one of your points. It is true that the AMD is not a true >>> Pentium, but in our tests, it benchmarks out as fast as a Pentium 75. >> >>I do not believe that an AMD586 at 100 mhz (i.e., on a 25mhz system) >>will meet a P75 even on non-systemic benchmarks. >> >>Several people on this list have seen a document I produced detailing my >>own experiences upgrading a desktop machine to this chip, together with several >>before-and-after benchmarks (some well-known, some based on real-world >>apps). The upgrade was definitely worthwhile for me, but on my desktop >>only cost me $40, and I was upgrading from a clock-doubled machine >>(instead of clock-tripled like the 701C). >> >>You say you don't like WInstone, but you don't say what benchmarks you >>use instead. >> >>- David R. >> >> >> > > >...................................................................... > Axel Hartmann . > Paper Summer : 30 Kellog Ave; Amherst, MA 01002; USA . > Voice only : +1 (413) 256 - 6264 . > E-Mail : Axel.Hartmann@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de . > Homepage : http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~Axel.Hartmann . >...................................................................... > >