Subject: Re: Biggest Bang/Buck on Vax systems
To: Andy Sporner <asporner@eagle.ibc.edu>
From: Brian D Chase <bdc@world.std.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 03/03/1998 01:21:50
On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Andy Sporner wrote:

> I am anticipating getting into a situation where I will have some space
> for a "real" piece of Iron (VAX that is).  What I don't know is what is
> out there that is:
> 
>         1.  Cheap enough (haul it away or otherwise).
>         2.  Runs Net/BSD VAX (obviously).
>         3.  Has a reasonable amount of power to be interesting (~10
> VUPS).

The VAXstation 3100/M76 runs at about 7.6VUPs which is fairly decent for
such a small package, but it's not likely to impress anyone.  You'll
probably have to settle for something slower if you want it to be
impressive in size as well as able to run NetBSD/vax.

-brian.
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