[Info-vax] DEC Windows on VLC 4000

Dave Froble davef at tsoft-inc.com
Thu Dec 27 19:46:06 EST 2018


On 12/27/2018 11:12 AM, David Wade wrote:
> Folks,
>
>   Well after a couple of false starts, one caused by a CD read error and
> one by a hard disk write error, I now have a VLC with a 2GB SCSI Hard
> Drive and DEC Windows Motif running. I am rather surprised about how
> well things run on it, considering its such a small box.
>
> Dave
>
> <Yes its almost certainly pointless but I do enjoy playing with Pen
> Plotters and VMS on VAX provides a convenient platform for doing so.>

A VLC is not such a bad system.  For a single user, it will do most of 
what it's asked to do.  Now, if you hit it with some complex math 
calculations, it will not do so well.  But for many things, it's more 
than adequate.

Face it, for many things, the CPU is waiting on you.

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