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300Mhz SGI o2: ~650 Vax MIPS Rpi 3: ~6000 Vax MIPS You might think the Pi would lag on FP but... o2: 131MFlops Rpi 3: ~180 MFlops So basically a Pi is bett
by TheOtherHobbes 4y ago
300Mhz SGI o2: ~650 Vax MIPS
Rpi 3: ~6000 Vax MIPS
You might think the Pi would lag on FP but...
o2: 131MFlops
Rpi 3: ~180 MFlops
So basically a Pi is better than an o2. And it's the size of a credit card.
And mostly used for toy projects.
- volkadav 4y agoYeah, definitely :) It was kind of a bittersweet moment when I realized that all the gear I lusted after as a youth can now be outperformed on basically every axis by something that costs less than $40 (if you can find one!) and comparatively sips power. So if I could get a case that scratched the nostalgia itch a bit while having modern compute innards, that'd be grand. (Also, I suspect most of us are more nostalgic for the hardware than irix 6.2 or solaris 2.6 or whatever similar vintages of proprietary unix.)
- hulitu 4y ago> So basically a Pi is better than an o2. And it's the size of a credit card. From HW capabilities, maybe (don't know how I/O compares), but from SW point of view PI is much worse. There is so much bloat in today's SW.