16 Oct
2007
16 Oct
'07
2:08 p.m.
On 10/16/07, William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote:
They are remarkably reliable. I think I've seen one or two gate array
failures in the 10-15 years that I was around 11/750s on a regular
basis (and none lately, but that's a sample size of effectively zero).
Even so, that's two out of dozens of problems that were in less
esoteric arenas (like bad power supplies and such).
I am entirely willing to accept that ratio (and since I have two
11/750s... that means that somewhere in my pile should be 1/5 of a
11/780, right ;-)
-ethan
I agree that
the custom gate arrays make the 11/750 unrepairable
(except for raiding parts), but I still think it's a good compromise
between size and performance, for the VAX-11 line.
Has anyone here actually ever come across an 11/750 failure caused by
one of the gate arrays? They are remarkably reliable machines. Neither are
_easy_ to find, but I think it's
more likely to find a dusty 11/750 in a corner of a warehouse than an
11/780.
One will find ten /750s for every /780 these days.