First post, by Grzyb
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I've just spotted this box:
...and one thing made me chucke - the frequency "counter" marked as LANDMARK MHz
The story behind Landmark "frequency" is fairly well known - it benchmarked CPUs relative to the original IBM AT, which used wait states, therefore zero-wait-states 286 clones exhibited higher values than their actual clock freqency, eg. 12 MHz was measured as 16.
But this is the first time I can see that fake frequency openly adverised on the front panel...
everybody knows about Statute Mile vs. Nautical Mile, Imperial Gallon vs. US Gallon, and so on... but did you know about SI Hertz vs. Landmark Hertz? 🤣
Nie tylko, jak widzicie, w tym trudność, że nie zdołacie wejść na moją górę, lecz i w tym, że ja do was cały zejść nie mogę, gdyż schodząc, gubię po drodze to, co miałem donieść.