On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Lord Isildur wrote:

> Hmm.. I have a 730 that could also be sacrificed (blasphemy!) for 
> analysis. Preferably analysed nondestructively.. :) 
> I would still go for the 750. The fact that it was done in 2901s makes it
> easier i think. There should be less debugging to do and fewer goofups,
> since one could build fewer subunits and debug them more separately- we
> all know what a 2901 shoudl behave like, or if not can find it in our local
> library. The 780 is too big a design, i think, and has too many parts that
> DEC realized (like compatibility mode) were not necessary, and the 750 really
> benefited from this work. 

All VAX-11 have compatibility mode. This extended into the VAX86x0 (aka
VAX-11/790).

	Johnny

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