info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA (04/16/85)
From: Jim Beauchamp <beaucham%uiucuxc@UIUC.ARPA>
Hi, I saw your note on the 8600. We have a NS32016 system and are contemplati changing to a microvax. Is the 8600 another name for the Microvax I?
I thought from DEC's ad that they already had Ultrix ready to go. Could yo let me know how much your system cost and whether it has any problems?
Jim Beauchamp {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!beauchaminfo-vax@ucbvax.ARPA (04/16/85)
From: msev%phobos%deimos@cit-hamlet.arpa
>...Is the 8600 another name for the Microvax I? ...
Thanks, I needed that!
Your question is probably innocent of mirthful intent, so here's a real answer:
The 8600 is the big VAX, being 4-6 X the cpu of a 780. The microvax I is
small, being some factor of 10 (I'm not sure) less than a 780.
According to Electronics News, Ultrix for the 8600 should be available in
November, as I recall.
-Martin Ewing
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Radio Astronomy DECnet: PHOBOS::MSEinfo-vax@ucbvax.ARPA (04/25/85)
From: dual!lll-crg!vecpyr!amd!amdcad!amdimage!prls!philabs!seismo!dolqci!mike@BERKELEY (Mike Stalnaker) Uh, Jim; The Vax 8600 is a monster machine. It has about 4.0 to 9.0 times the throughput of a Vax 11/780 (depending on what you're doing, etc). Ultrix is out (I'm writing this on an Ultrix system ) but not yet for the 8600.
info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA (04/27/85)
From: ihnp4!uniq!wrv@BERKELEY
GJC@MIT-MC.ARPA (George J. Carrette) (09/10/85)
are people aware of any differences in how access violation conditions are handled and signalled on the 8600 vs other processor types? (under vms). are there any instructions that use more registers or use stack space where before they did not use stack space?