Subject: Re: Retrocomputing, VAXen, and NetBSD
To: None <port-vax@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Michael Sokolov <sokolov@alpha.CES.CWRU.Edu>
List: port-vax
Date: 02/23/1998 22:12:15
Allison J Parent <allisonp@world.std.com> wrote:
> < Actually, 80386 predates CVAX.
>
> The fact that it predates Cvax is generally meaningless. Marginally and
> the 12mhz and 16mhz parts were slow even compared to MV-II.
The purpose of that remark was to point out that deliberate use of
80386es in preference to Pentiums does qualify as retrocomputing.
Sincerely,
Michael Sokolov
Phone: 440-449-0299
ARPA Internet SMTP mail: sokolov@alpha.ces.cwru.edu