8 Nov
2001
8 Nov
'01
7:33 p.m.
-------------Original Message-------------
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 09:25:22 -0500 (EST)
From: One Without Reason <vance(a)ikickass.org>
Subject: Re: Cromemco landmarks
On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Allison wrote:
From: M H Stein <mhstein(a)usa.net>
That, and there were much faster machines than VAXen back then.
Peace... Sridhar
And that in 1987 an XXU equipped system was almost
twice as fast as a
VAX 11/780, which cost over four times as much as the largest Cromemco
system at the time.
Sounds impressive...save for in 1987 the VAX11/780 was 9 years old and
out of widespread use!! By 1987 the microVAX had been around for a while,
the midrange VAX was 4x-8x faster than the 780 and easily 1/3 the size! Cromemco was pretty neat but first, fastest not
hardly.
Allison
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Geez, they didn't say that they were the fastest or that the '780 was the fastest
either, so why
argue non-points. They were just trying to create awareness among people who thought only
minis
and mainframes could do 'serious' stuff that S-100 micros had come a long way
since the Altair and
might do the same job reliably, as fast or faster, and for less money. Judging by the
still prevailing
notion that they only made a great graphics card and some solid but humdrum systems, they
apparently didn't do a very good job...
mike