dipirro@amber.DEC (I'm not overweight...I'm undertall.) (02/19/86)
>>The other day, in a cubical near mine, I heard someone talk about a VAX >>8800 that was about a 12 MIPS machine. I think he also said that it was >>out for about a month. I doubt this very much, but does anyone have >>information on it? Is it a rumor as I suspect? >> >> -- Brad Brahms >> usenet: {decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!trwrb!trwspp!brahms >> arpa: Brahms@usc-eclc > >I think the 8800 uses the Microvax II chip, but has a full size bus, >(for full-size disk drives). I think it's about the size of a 750, >but with 780+ power. It will also be cheap. That is incorrect. The 8800 is a dual processor with a new VAX cpu. Each cpu is rated at 6 MIPS (the 8600 was rated at about 4 MIPS and the 8650 is supposed to be a 40% improvement). The 8300 (I think), which was announced at the same time as the 8800, is also a new cpu and destined to replace 750s and 780s, using about the same floor space as a 750. I don't remember the VAX numbers for that, but there is a single processor and double processor configuration where each cpu is rated at roughly 1.1 MIPS. None of these machines have anything to do with the uVAX-II chip. Steve DiPirro Digital Equipment Corp.