anita@utastro.UUCP (Anita Cochran) (04/13/84)
We are interested in hearing from people who have had some experience
with either the Pyramid 90/x or Ridge 32 computers. They are both
RISC architecture machines reputed to be much faster than a VAX 11/780
with floating point accelerator and they run UNIX. They are also cheaper.
Specifically, we would like to know about:
1) general experience
2) speed
3) reliability
4) support from the manufacturer.
5) does the fortran really work
6) any problems encountered in set-up or continuous operation
7) evaluation of periperals you have
8) number of users on your system and how responsive it is
9) how would you recommend a system be configured (both what to get
and what not to get; what you wish you had/had not gotten)
Any information along these lines you can give us would be greatly appreciated.
Please reply by mail.
Thanks in advance.
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at&t: (512) 471-4461ron@brl-vgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (04/13/84)
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