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 -
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