>> Now if I could figure out what a typical MIPS rating for a normal PC
>> today is, I'd have something dissimilar to compare it to. :-}
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> By running many jobs concurrently we make full use of the machine.  If I could
> port POVRAY to our mainframe, I'm sure it would be slower than most current PCs.
>  But cpu intensive work is not what the mainframe does best.

I've always been tempted to try povray on one of our mainframes even if 
it was running from within linux on ZOs. 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_on_zSeries)

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