From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!info-vax Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Title: DEC-20 vs. VAX Article-I.D.: ucbvax.7970 Posted: Fri Jul 9 14:47:50 1982 Received: Sun Jul 11 02:56:11 1982 >From Linnerooth@SANDIA Fri Jul 9 14:39:13 1982 This message solicits information pertaining to a comparison between a DEC-2040 (or DEC-2060) running TOPS-20, and a VAX 11/780 running VMS. I have been able to get a reasonable comparison between these systems for programs that are heavily weighted toward floating point calculations, which hits the VAX in its strongest area. How about tasks that involve lots if bit and byte manipulations, sorting, and disk I/O? Does anybody have comparison information in this area, or in the area of "balanced" or "typical" time- sharing? Thanks for any tidbits you may pass back to me. - Tom Linnerooth - -------