> Could someone give me the approx. equivelent of a VS 3100 m30 in the
> Intel architechure (running NetBSD 1.4.1 of course). Is it as fast as a
> 486/66? I'm trying to decide whether to attempt to do something useful
> with this box but I don't want to set up a bunch of stuff just to find
> that it runs like cold molasses.

Yeah, I can, since I have a FreeBSD 486DX66 server next to a MicroVAX
3100/20 (that just came up last night about 3 am....(:+{{.....)

The two machines are identical on ethernet speed, around 300k/s,
on the slow home coax net.

The VAX is a little slower on disk I/O than the PC, even with the
1.4L scsi DMA kernel.  It feels like a 486/33, maybe.

But, it looks like it will make a nice small singleuser work station
or a small low-end ftp/web server without problem.

They are roughly comparable, with the new DMA kernel  (Thanks! Ragge!)
I would take it over a PC, anytime, of that class.  What I like about
it is that I can hang 6 drives off the beast, easily.  PC's have a
rough time with that, usually.

I would say the ol' VAX is still worth using.

Bob