5 Jun
2009
5 Jun
'09
4:18 a.m.
Brent Hilpert wrote:
Rich Alderson wrote:
The SEL Systems 32 series out performed both the Vax 11/780 and the
MV8000(not released until '80) in the 70's. The Vax 11/780 was built
_after_ the SEL Systems 32 series as well.
=Dan
[ S.E.L. = http://www2.applegate.org/~ragooman/computers_mini_sel.html ]
De gustibus non disputandum. However, _Soul_ is
very much NOT about "the
creation of Data General", which was incorporated in 1968. It is rather
about DG's effort, c. 1976, to get to market with a so-called supermini, in
order to compete with DEC's VAX (which was under development at the same
time).
Can someone acquainted with both machines weigh in with an opinion of how they
compared in terms of performance and capability? Did the VAX win out because it
was DEC (market prominence, etc.) or because in the main it was a better
machine, or some other reason?
(I used and programmed with 780's and 750's under both VMS and BSD in the
80's
but never worked with DG machines.)