ks@ecn-ee.UUCP (04/15/84)
#R:brl-vgr:-20900:ecn-ee:14600008:000:772 ecn-ee!ks Apr 14 13:11:00 1984 /***** ee:net.wanted / brl-vgr!ron / 1:39 am Apr 14, 1984 */ It's not hard to be faster and cheaper than a VAX/780. It's now an old machine (more than 6 years!). Unfortunately DEC hasn't come out with a new top end machine but insists on selling you multiple 780's to do the job. USELESS! One 780 not enough for you? Pay twice as much and get 2 780's that perform at about 1.7 times as fast. Foo, I doubt we'll buy anymore VAX's. -Ron /* ---------- */ Why not buy a VAX CPU and build a DUAL VAX-11/780? I'm not sure of the cost advantage exactly, but I would guess you would be getting 1.9 Vaxen for the cost of 1.3 or so. I've seen them make a DUAL Vax over lunch hour around here, so it can't be too hard. Kirk Smith Purdue EE pur-ee!ks
paul@uiucuxc.UUCP (04/17/84)
#R:brl-vgr:-20900:uiucuxc:33200012:000:900 uiucuxc!paul Apr 16 16:11:00 1984 > /**** uiucuxc:net.wanted / ecn-ee!ks / 1:11 pm Apr 14, 1984 ****/ > Why not buy a VAX CPU and build a DUAL VAX-11/780? > I'm not sure of the cost advantage exactly, but I would guess > you would be getting 1.9 Vaxen for the cost of 1.3 or so. > I've seen them make a DUAL Vax over lunch hour around here, > so it can't be too hard. > > Kirk Smith, Purdue EE, pur-ee!ks Last time I heard, Purdue was on self-maintenance for VAXen. I doubt DEC will maintain a dual CPU VAX. We're going the Pyramid route our- selves. Price for a 90x with 2 disk controllers, 4 Eagles, 4 Mbyte memory, Ethernet, 64 ports on 4 Intelligent Terminal Processors (ITP), C, Pascal, F77, 64 user UNIX license is $185K. Complete source code makes up $16K of that price. Paul Pomes uucp: {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!paul US Mail: University of Illinois 1304 W Springfield, Urbana, IL 61801