Another couple of machines from 1977 [1]: Cromemco Z-2: 8-bit Z80 @ 4 MHz, maximum 256 kB RAM (bank-switched in a 64 kB address space), 0.007 Whetstone MIPS -

Another couple of machines from 1977 [1]: Cromemco Z-2: 8-bit Z80 @ 4 MHz, maximum 256 kB RAM (bank-switched in a 64 kB address space), 0.007 Whetstone MIPS - $4695 VAX-11/780: 32-bit VAX @ 5 MHz, maximum 8 MB RAM, 0.476 Whetstone MIPS - $241,255 In a similar same format (benchmark from [2]): IBM 3033: ?-bit ? @ 17 MHz, maximum 8 MB RAM, 4.70 Whetstone MIPS - $70,400/mo! [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22955814 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22955814 [2] http://www.roylongbottom.org.uk/whetstone.htm http://www.roylongbottom.org.uk/whetstone.htm