[net.wanted] Expansion advice

ptw (03/24/83)

     We run a 4.1/System III homebrew on a 750 as a software development tool
and are at a complete loss for cpu-cycles (according to 'vmstat') from running
many compilations of our own, admittedly not very efficient, compiler.

     We are seeking the nirvana of the correct expansion path and have come
up with some hair-brained schemes that range from hoping that 4.2 will come to
our rescue, to upgrading to a larger \&'miniframe', to connecting many
\&'microframes' with a hypothetical substance that conducts electromagnetic
radiation, to plugging micros into our Unibus; and from attached batch (botch)
processing, to 'uux'-ing to remote processors, to personal Unices.

     Any answer would have to solve the problem of maintaining a correct,
central copy of Source Code in a Controlled System.

     Does anyone else have similar problems, comments, or a solution?

			     P. Tucker Withington
			     Automatix Incorporated
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crc (03/24/83)

The correct upgrade path is to make your compilier more efficient.
Bad code can consume any hardware.

If you management won't face up to the fact that your dog is eating them out
of house and cpu, "We've got too much effort(money) invested in this code to
rewrite it!", then your problem isn't hardware or software...

Yours for better software and management that can think,
Charles Colbert