henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) (02/27/85)
Some minor additions to the stuff about the Microvax 2 that I posted
a month or so ago...
Microvax-2-based machines are now running real operating systems for
testing within DEC. Their speed is quite impressive; in particular,
some double-precision floating-point benchmarks apparently run faster
than on a 780 with an FPA! In general the Microvax 2 is not as fast
as a 780, but it's not too much slower either.
The announcement date for the first Microvax 2 products has been set
and is "soon". (The exact date is Top Secret.) I got a vague idea
that this might mean "summer".
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Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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