UOWRAK@UOFMCC.BITNET.UUCP (04/15/87)
Daniel Graham <GRAHAM@C.CS.CMU.EDU> writes as follows: > I am trying to increase the speed of a VAX 11-750. > Does anyone have any advice, opinions, or experience in this area? > I am looking for an economical way to do this. There is a board called the IVAC 750 available from Iverson, Inc. 850 Auburn Court Fremont, CA 94539 415/659-1660 which purports to speed up a VAX-11/750 "by an average of 25%"; they accomplish this by tweaking the system clock, apparently. I am thinking about getting two of these boards for my 750's; Daniel and others on the net might also be interested in them. Is there anyone out there with experience/additional information on these boards? In Canada, the price is $17,000 (Canadian dollars). This should translate into around $10,000 in US dollars. Check with Iverson. Disclaimer: I have absolutely no material interest in Iverson, nor in this product. I am only a potential buyer who has seen a spec sheet on the product. Roger Kingsley E-mail: UOWRAK@UOFMCC.BITNET Tele: 204/786-9449 Smail: Computer Services, The University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3B 2E9 PS - this is a superficial response, assuming that "speeding up a 750" means running a faster CPU. There are other things you can do -- add memory (up to 14MB or even 15MB total, these days); split your load over several spindles of disk, etc.