From: John Kim (jokim_at_CHS.CUSD.CLAREMONT.EDU)
Date: Wed Jan 05 1994 - 12:40:25 EST
In message Wed, 5 Jan 1994 02:53:49 -0600 (CST),
Sean Chou <ychou_at_uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> writes:
>> Here's one for your FAQ Sean. The TP750 uses the Western Digital 90C24
>
> Got it! Speaking of which...EVERYONE, if you don't want information that
> you give out to be snatched and used in my FAQ, please let me know by
> private email or include it in your letter. Of course, credit will be
> given to everyone on the list (since it'll probably be too hard to sort
> through who gave what information), unless anyone has objections.
Well, if you're going to be sticking names in this FAQ, give credit where
credit is due:
>>>Do you also have any information on the video chipset used? BTW, can
>>
>>It is the WD 90C24(?), a.k.a. the 'Rocket' chipset.
>
>Why do you call it that?
>
I found out that is what WD (Western Digital) calls it. It has
accelerated graphics (including BitBLT) and a local bus interface
which in the case of the 486SL would be the PI bus. Some performance
that came out recently in PC Week are (higher is better & note the
video numbers)
ThinkPad ThinkPad AST PowerExec NEC UltraLite
750C 720C 4/25 ColorPlus Versa 25C
-------- -------- -------------- -------------
Processor 7,400 6,543 5,957 6,167
RAM 5,322 4,019 4,189 4,238
Video 3,833 4,068 4,192 3,890
Disk 32.5 27.4 29.7 22.3
DOSMark 29.27 24.56 25.17 21.60
Graphic
WinMarks 9.19 5.39 3.55 4.40
Disk
WinMarks 28,690 25,130 21,934 20,317
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Doug Haigh dhaigh_at_vnet.ibm.com
RTP Mobile Products (ThinkPad 350) Development USIB4JVR_at_IBMMAIL
RTP, NC
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