[Info-vax] VSI: "Official 8.4-1H1 Launch"

[David Froble]

JF Mezei wrote:
>>> I wonder what kind of jitter/latency this will cause for real time
>>> applications ?
> 
> 
> When working on the early boot sequence/stages, I doubt that performance
> really matters.  And if most operating systems can run just fin on a VM,
> it means that the VM gives it adequate CPY time slots.
> 
> Also, remember that VMS ran on the All Mighty Microvax II, where
> performance wasn't measure in instructions per second, but seconds per
> instruction :-)  Pretty sure a VM can offer better performance overall
> than an MV II.
> 

Sticking my big fat mouth into a discussion that I know nothing about ..

There is performance, and, there is response time.  They re not always 
the same thing.  "Overall" doesn't really matter, if the specific you 
need doesn't perform well enough.