8 Oct
2003
8 Oct
'03
9:14 a.m.
"Steven M Jones" <classiccmp(a)crash.com> wrote:
On a related note, I there's a MicroNote about
running multiple
MicroVAX II CPUs (KA630, M7606) in a single backplane. Up to 4
in fact (MicroNote #26, on www.ibiblio.org). Has anyone on the
list ever worked with, built, or seen such a beast? Did any
interesting OS research projects of the time use this feature
(I'm thinking V or Mach)?
The resulting system does not have shared memory (except for any
Qbus memory), so it isn't generally suitable for operating systems
that support SMP. That's one reason why DEC never officially
supported such configurations.