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

[Chris Scheers]

William Pechter wrote:

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> Never heard of any proposed 11/750 cpu kickers -- the gate arrays
> seemed to be a performance and diagnostic dead end.  The rest of
> the board often failed first and replacing gate arrays was rare on
> my site... Did about 1 in 6 years in Field Service IIRC.
> 
> 
> Bill

IIRC, Nemonix got its start with a 11/750 CPU accelerator.  I seem to 
remember reading at the time that it tweaked the microcode clock.

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