[Info-vax] VAX 6000 on Young Sheldon

[Dave Froble]

On 2/12/2023 3:14 PM, Steven Schweda wrote:
>> The difference in floating point performance between a straight 11/780
>> and a Sparcstation I was absolutely staggering. [...]
>
>    Well, duh.  "absolutely staggering" is how I might describe the _age_
> of a VAX-11/780 when the SPARCstation 1 was released (1989).  A decade
> later, the SPARCstation 1 might have been less impressive, too.  (As I
> recall, it was.)
>

Perhaps cost is an issue?  The cost of a VAX 11/780 back then, even after 11 
years, might still be on one's mind, and the reason it still might be in use.

But yeah, HW has been on a roll for a long time now, and still is doing so.

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