[Info-vax] VAX cluster :-)

[Single Stage to Orbit]

On Wed, 2012-08-08 at 12:39 -0700, John Wallace wrote:
> On Aug 8, 6:55 pm, Single Stage to Orbit <alex.bu... at munted.eu> wrote:
> > http://www.designspark.com/content/raspberry-pi-vax-cluster
> >
> > Amazing how a number of credit-card sized computers can emulate a
> VAX 3900. :-)

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> Or, as I wrote on Jul 28th in this very ng:

Er, sorry I hadn't seen that post!

> 64bit ARM on the way before too long, not sure where that will lead.

Big things, I hope. It's mostly to increase the amount of physically
accessible memory without having to introduce virtual paging as that's
expensive to support without backing storage. 

> Also not sure where Microsoft's (re-)entry into the world of ARM, with
> Windows RT or whatever it's called this week, will lead Microsoft and
> their "business partners" such as HP.

I've got a big annoyance with HP; they won't sell their better laptops
in the UK that they currently sell in the US. For example, the rather
nice HP 17.3" dv7t quad 3rd gen 3770k laptop, with a proper 1080p
display for just $800 (with rebates). The HP ones sold over here are
mostly junk with 1366x768 displays and a few overpriced 1600x900 ones. 
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