Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!ut-sally!pop!ctp From: ctp@pop.utexas.edu (Clyde T. Poole) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Vax processors Message-ID: <8542@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Jul-87 11:30:22 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-sally.8542 Posted: Wed Jul 22 11:30:22 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Jul-87 04:24:00 EDT References: <138@bernina.UUCP> <13413@topaz.rutgers.edu> Sender: news@ut-sally.UUCP Reply-To: ctp@ut-sally.UUCP (Clyde T. Poole) Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 20 Keywords: Vax, CPU, Speed, BI bus Summary: The VAX 8600 doesn't have a BI bus In article <13413@topaz.rutgers.edu> ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) writes: > [lots deleted] >The 8600 is one of the new VAX products. The bus changed again (now called >BI) and the box is generally much better mechanically. > >-Ron Wrong! The 8600 does NOT have a BI bus. It was the first of the 8xxx series of machines and it along with the 8650 are the only ones that do not have the BI bus. (I think :-) ) ----- Clyde T. Poole -- Technical Coordinator, Facilities and Equipment Univ. of Texas at Austin ARPA/CSnet: ctp@sally.utexas.edu Dept. of Computer Sciences UUCP: {harvard,ihnp4,seismo}!ut-sally!ctp Taylor Hall 2.124 BITNET: ctp@UTADNX Austin, TX 78712-1188 VOICE: (512) 471-9551 "Life is a bitch ... and then you die"