I would say that a tailored kernel of -current bypasses the previous
top speed OS by far, even with moderate memory sizes. 

The only thing to notice is that it may be a good idea to keep the
system compiled static on slow machines. On a 11/750 the dynamic 
linking takes >5s when starting a binary.

-- Ragge

> I am wondering if any of the VAX folke have any feel for what the
> current state of speed is in 1.5.1 or 1.5.x or 1.6-someday, relative
> to 1.4.3 and fixes.  On my lowly machines, 1.4.3 still seems fastest.
> I don't want to resurrect an old beat-to-death thread, but, I am
> curious if anything for sure is coming down the pike.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Bob
> 
>