clocks are even more irrelevant than usual in a VAX: the 8650 running at
72 MHz is about 5 times slower than an NVAX running at 88 MHz, for 
example.. though i agree that 500 MHz is a nicer number. We have generic
processors at these speeds available cheap today. put several of them to work
as micromachines. 

On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Johnny Billquist wrote:

> Well, "my" 8650 runs at 72 MHz... And that machine is somewhere around 6-7
> VUPS. And while the 8650 is done in microcode, it's pretty pipelined, and
> have lots of micromachines...
> 
> So if you want a real killer VAX, you'll probably want *atleast* 500 MHz.
> That should hopefully be able to give a number in the same ballpark as a
> 9000.