Market value of VAX 4000-96 - Re: Can anyone explain this to me ?

[Andy Piercy]

Hi,

Does anyone have a Multibus 1 extender card they would be willing to part
with please?

I'm based in the UK but do have contacts in the USA it could be shipped to.

Thanks,

Andy P.


On 4 November 2011 at 16:01, Josh Dersch <derschjo at mail.msu.edu> wrote:

> On 11/4/2011 6:22 AM, Toby Thain wrote:
>
>> On 04/11/11 1:32 AM, leaknoil wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/3/2011 9:38 PM, Adrian Stoness wrote:
>>>
>>>> if its dod u will need to make it secure.
>>>>
>>>
>>> please. vms 7.3 on a vs4000 is going to be way less secure than a
>>> current x86 box running redhat or whatever modern unix variant.
>>>
>>>
>> That's very insightful. The x86 has a fantastic security record. I'd
>> certainly pick it immediately over some unproven, obscure technology like
>> VAX.
>>
>
> I had no idea that the VAX instruction set was inherently more secure than
> x86.  (Here I was thinking that it was software that was responsible for
> security!)  Care to explain?
>
> - Josh
>
>
>> However, I'd still have to be careful about choice of operating system,
>> judging by news headlines. I'd avoid OpenBSD, for sure!
>>
>> --Toby
>>
>
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