30 Jan
2013
30 Jan
'13
12:08 a.m.
On 01/29/2013 08:18 AM, microcode at zoho.com wrote:
Even the lowly 43XX (which was more powerful than the
biggest VAX ever
made) was watercooled.
Wrong on both counts. The 43XX machines were air cooled. The "biggest
VAX ever made" would have been either a VAX 9000 or VAX 10000, depending
on what you mean by "biggest". The VAX 9000 aggregate processor
performance was over 100 MIPS, vs. about 10 MIPS for the fastest 4381.
The VAX 10000 is significantly faster than that. Also the VAX 10000 has
substantially more I/O bandwidth than the 4381.
Maybe you were thinking of a high-end ES/9000, rather than the 43XX?