@pesnta.UUCP (10/15/83)
Here are a bunch of questions about the MassComp MC-500. Thanks in advance for any info or help you might be able to give me. I have seen a few of the reported benchmarks on the network about the MassComp MC-500. Does anyone know what they did to make their machine so fast? Is this just a machine that is fast because of a lot of hardware and thus mortals can not afford to own it? Did they do a "real Unix" or is this a look-alike. Is there anything special about their software? Is it Sun class or a Vax class machine? Who *are* these guys anyway? Are they shipping yet, i.e. can I *really* get a machine? Does anyone have one of these machines? I have heard all sorts of wonderful things from MassComp people, and from what I saw at Usenix, the box was pretty impressive. Is there anyone who does not work for them that has similar wonderful (or terrible) things to say? -Dan Klein, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh