3 Jan
2022
3 Jan
'22
8:50 a.m.
On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 12:18 AM Warner Losh via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
I had accounts on a MicroVAX 2 and a VAX 11/750. The
microvax was faster
for most compute jobs, but the 750 with 1/4 the memory handled more users
mostly in text editors with the occasional compile or nroff/troff jobs.
IIRC, the 750 had faster disks...
I'll agree with that. We used to run 40-50 users on our 8MB 11/750
(with both CMI and Unibus disk) but it did do some swapping over 8-10
users.
The MicroVAX II was a pretty snappy single-user machine, but was a big
sluggish over 4 users. Our big compute jobs were running compilers.
Most of our user load was VMS MAIL, EDT, MASS-11...
-ethan