[Info-vax] Out with Hurd, in with OpenVMS

Bob Koehler koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org
Wed Aug 18 11:15:36 EDT 2010


In article <i4g6uh$434$03$1 at news.t-online.com>, Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> writes:

> Istr discussions even among DEC/VAX bigots why in the world
> one would spend lots of money on the likes of VAX 6000/9000
> when a VS 4000 could do the same - at a much lower price
> and you could put one on each desk.

   You got a VS 4000 with a vector processor and the I/O bandwidth
   of a 9000?

   Mind you, I had no trouble understanding when a nieghboring site
   went from it's single CPU 9000 with a vector processor to a few 
   single and double CPU 6000 with vector processors.




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