[Info-vax] AXPbox performance and tried to boot OpenVMS Alpha 6.2

[Dave Froble]

On 11/24/2020 12:12 PM, Timothy Stark wrote:
> Folks,
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> I ran VUPS on OpenVMS 8.4-2L1 on AXPbox (ES40 emulator) with i7-8800K
> processor and got 63.0.  Which real AlphaServer models is near 63.0 rate?
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> Does anyone have a listing of AlphaServer models with VUPS rates?

Tim, the AlphaServer 800 is running, but I'm WAY too lazy to go boot up 
a bunch of other systems.

AS800> @calcvups
Approximate System VUPs Rating :  140.8

For a bit of humor, I'll try the VAXstation 4000 Model 90A:

$ di cal*

Directory SYS$SYSDEVICE:[DFE]

CALCULATE_VUPS.COM;1             6/6        [DFE]       (RWED,RWED,RE,)
CALCVUPS.COM;1                   4/4        [DFE]       (RWED,RWED,RE,)

Total of 2 files, 10/10 blocks.

Hmmm ... two command procedures.  I'll run them both.

$ @calculate_vups

  Approximate System VUPs Rating : 106.0 ( min: 106.0 max: 106.0 )
$ @calcvups
Approximate System VUPs Rating :  26.0

I have no idea what each command procedure does, too lazy to think about 
it.  I'm not too sure that a VAXstation 4000 Model 90A would be over 100 
times as fast as the VAX 11/780.

Ok, that did get my curiosity going a bit, so I copied the 
CALCULATE_VUPS.COM to the AlphaServer 800 and got:

AS800> @calculate_vups

  Approximate System VUPs Rating : 559.0 ( min: 559.0 max: 559.0 )

One, or both, of the command procedures appears to be a bit flakey.

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