[Info-vax] VMS on Raspberry Pi 5

The Natural Philosopher tnp at invalid.invalid
Sun Nov 12 16:05:02 EST 2023


On 12/11/2023 20:41, Paul Hardy wrote:
> 
> 
> Just an FYI.
> 
> I recently ran VMS (5.5-2) as a VaxStation 3100M38 under OpenSimH on a
> Raspberry Pi 5!.
> 
> I got VUPS rating of 30 or 31 from VUPs.com and VUPs2.com. Not bad on a
> credit card sized computer for £60!
> 

How does that compare with a real VAX or a PDP/11?
My impression of a Pi Zero is that it would knock a PDP/11 into the 
middle of next week, and then some.

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