[Info-vax] Opportunity for VSI?

[Scott Dorsey]

Dave Froble  <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>
>Makes one wonder, if DEC could get the required I/O performance on the 
>32 bit systems, why couldn't they do so on the 32 bit systems?

Because it wasn't for that.  The 32-bit systems weren't I/O engines, they
were CPU engines.  They were entirely different systems with an entirely
different application, but the sales people didn't understand this.

I am sure DEC could have made a 32-bit I/O engine.  They might even have
been able to make one with the Vax instruction set.  But it wouldn't have
been directly Vax-compatible.  There isn't as big a market for such a 
machine, but it's a dedicated one.

>If the 36 bit systems were still here today, they would have evolved, as 
>all others did, and would be as good or better than most.

Yes, much like the classic I/O engine system the IBM/360 did.
--scott

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