Hello,

This is an interesting.. It's different than what the others have said.
How does a MicroVAX 3100 compare to a VAXStation 3100? I think they are
pretty different but I'm not sure.

Thanks,

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On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, NetBSD Bob wrote:

> > 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
>