Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!uwvax!oddjob!hao!noao!hsi!stevens From: stevens@hsi.UUCP (Richard Stevens) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Vax processors Message-ID: <654@hsi.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Jul-87 05:56:51 EDT Article-I.D.: hsi.654 Posted: Wed Jul 22 05:56:51 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Jul-87 06:13:52 EDT References: <138@bernina.UUCP> <13413@topaz.rutgers.edu> <7622@mimsy.UUCP> Organization: Health Systems Intl., New Haven, CT Lines: 21 Keywords: Vax, CPU, Speed Summary: VAX 8600 price increases > The 8600 is rated about 4 VAX MIPS; the 8650 (a `tweaked' 8600) is > about 6 VAX MIPS. Rumour has it that, using properly hand-selected > and tuned up boards, one can push the clock all the way up to where > an 8600-series machine runs at 12 MIPS. I wonder how long it will > take for DEC to come out with the 8675. . . . One item that no one has mentioned on the net was the incredible price *increase* that DEC put into effect for the 8600 around April of this year. The base price of the system building block went from $350,000 to $447,000 !! All you got for the additional $97,000 was an Ethernet card and 1 year's warranty. Most (if not all) of the other VAX'es went down in price, but the 8600 went WAY up. I think DEC wants to get rid of these non-BI systems that easily support 4.3 BSD and third-party peripherals (that's exactly why we got an 8600 and not and 8500/8550). Richard Stevens Health Systems International, New Haven, CT ihnp4 ! hsi ! stevens