3 Oct
2001
3 Oct
'01
4:58 p.m.
On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Ethan Dicks wrote:
For *home*? I first laid hands on an 11/730 when it
was current, but
we never drooled over it. Drooled while waiting for it to boot, perhaps...
(That was fixed by a properly built boot cassette - the one from DEC
took about 20 min to seek around and find its stuff).
Actually, I didn't have an 11/730 back then. What I did have, though, was
a good deal faster, although slightly less capable. I grew up around a
DEC PDP-11/70. It was an experience I appreciate today.
It's right up there with the MicroVAX-I for speed!
Yeah, but it was a hell of a lot cheaper and used less power and space
than an 11/750.
OTOH, it's the second smallest Unibus VAX (the
11/725 is smaller - same
backplane as the 11/730-Z, but in a roll-around box, not a 19" rack),
and you could use one in an office/home setting.
I believe that was actually the machine to which I meant to refer. 8-)
Peace... Sridhar