2 Aug
2001
2 Aug
'01
5:49 p.m.
Well, how about a VAX9000? I think a VAXcluster of about 20 VAX 7000-860s
would make a pretty nice workstation.
Peace... Sridhar
On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Gunther Schadow wrote:
Sridhar wrote:
What I would like to see would be an XMI video
card, so someone (ahem)
could use DECsystem 5800-series, VAX 6000-series, and VAX/DEC 7000-series
as workstations. That would be truly a sight to behold. Plus XMI is
fast.
well, it may be fast, but I consider a workstation that
measures less than 5x7x2.5 feet, weighs less than 3/4 ton,
and consumes less than 7 kW, and whose original list
price is less than 500 k$ an impractical thing. After all,
microprocessors have no place on the market and who would
ever want a computer in their home? :-)
cheers,
-Gunther
PS: has anyone ever manufactured an XMI video interface?
Last
night I was browsing the UNIBUS/PDP-11 field guide on the
Web before I went to sleep. Then I dreamed of a VAX 11/785 with
an UNIBUS extension cabinet full of cards. Included was a 3, 4,
5, or so card-set that together comprises a video interface. Hook
up a composite monitor or RGB monitor and there you have it:
A VAX 11/785 as a workstation!
Write a driver for X11R6 for it and off we go. Has anybody ever
seen those UNIBUS video monitor adapter sets? I suppose they
were meant for PDP-11s, but I think running them with a VAX
would be way cooler. Might not be possible, and certainly would
involve some serious fiddling. But in a machine that has 10 or
more cards for just the CPU, a 4 board video adapter would be
the appropriate thing, wouldn't it? :-)
cheers,
-Gunther