>> So: no much changes in latency on vax; the delay may be caused by
>> something else (context switching maybe?)

> On a VAX?  Probably that darn "calls" instruction :-)
> 
It's more likely that it is the time measurement. The smallest measurable
time difference on a MicroVAX (of that type) is 10mS. Look at these
ping times, for example:

PING olivaw.ludd.luth.se (130.240.16.39): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 130.240.16.39: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=29.998 ms
64 bytes from 130.240.16.39: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=19.999 ms
64 bytes from 130.240.16.39: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=19.999 ms

-- Ragge