[Info-vax] Why it is a good idea that OpenVMS isn't on x86-64 just yet

Sat Jan 16 03:56:09 EST 2016

For a brief period the 8650 was a very fast VAX. With a slow UNIBUS. The VAX 8550 corrected that. We added a refurbished 8650 to a cluster which had two 11/750's and an 8250 :-). Users complained loudly about missed coffee breaks, jobs that ran for 15 minutes plus on the 11/750 completed in 60 seconds.
Never experienced that kind of performance impact ever since.
Hans