[Info-vax] Unix on A DEC Vax?

[Paul Sture]

In article <kdo981$un9$1 at solani.org>,
 Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> wrote:

> 
> I didn't say it was impossible on other systems
> nor did I say you needed a VAXstation to do such things.
> Just that for a couple of years up to ca 1990 VMS
> was very popular in DEC shops especially
> on the desktop for typical
> technical/scientific purposes, and that almost everybody
> preferred his/her own workstation over central big iron.
> Exactly the opposite of today's "cloud computing" mantra.

Yes, that's the right time frame, but a lot of commercial software 
places were still running on VT terminals.
 
> > My experince has, obviously, been differnt.  My VS3100's are fine
> > for use at home, but I have a SUN3 that out performs them when it
> > comes to number crunching.  OK, an exageration, but my SparcStation
> > definitely beats them.  The primary reason I keep them around is to
> > run VMS which, the Suns won't run.  :-)
> 
> I didn't mention comparison with Unix boxes,
> just within the VAX family. For our apps back then,
> it turned out that the performance
> VS3100 to VAX 6000 to VS3176 was roughly 1:1.5:2.6.
> Which led the workstation crowd to the inevitable
> question why one should keep a big fat power sucking
> 6000 when two VS3176 could do the same job for less
> money and more desktop capabilities.

I was definitely impressed with the speed of my humble VAXstation 2000 
when compared to the 11/750 I was using for development work.

-- 
Paul Sture