14 Jan
2009
14 Jan
'09
2:16 p.m.
>>>> "Rich" == Rich Alderson
<RichA at vulcan.com> writes:
Rich> A note on the memory: TOPS-20, as it turns out, is
Rich> memory-starved on a KL-10 with the maximum memory. When
Rich> MCI/Tymnet replaced two KL-10 systems running an early fork of
Rich> Tops-10 with a Toad-1 running TOPS-20, they went from 100 users
Rich> per system with 1-2 *minute* response times to 200 users on a
Rich> single system with *subsecond* response times.
Interesting, considering that PLATO ran on roughly the same memory but
a slower processor, and supported 600 users with subsecond response
time in 1975. I suppose it goes to show you that software can make
any machine slow. But then again we all know that by now... :-)
paul