vax2:kurt (11/19/82)
Of course there is a problem with the 432. It is too slow. I saw a recent benchmark that compared recent microprocessors against a vax 780. I don't remember the exact figures, but they were what you would expect; the 68000 was about .6 vax, the 8086 was about .4 vax and there was the 432, listed as .04 vax(!) Add to that the fact that Intel never really got its Ada(tm) compiler to work, and it is not surprising that people are selling off their 432 hardware in favor of more 'conventional' and faster stuff. Kurt Guntheroth (Ada, and Nuclear Anihilation are registered trademarks of the Department of Defense)