Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!utorphys.BITNET!SYSRUTH From: SYSRUTH@utorphys.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: RE: Has anyone got a 62x0 yet? Message-ID: <8805281911.AA22787@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> Date: 28 May 88 18:07:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 13 There was a 6220 at the U.S. DECUS in Cincinnati. It was quite fast, and a very nicely-engineered machine. One thing you will want to keep in mind, though, is that the processor is based on the CVAX (like the uVAX 3xxx) and does not have the string instructions implemented on the chip. If you do a *lot* of BACKUP, or other programs requiring the use of string instructions (LISP, COBOL, etc.) you may find its performance is not quite what you expected. However the >6210's of course do have at least one other CPU you can use. Otherwise it seemed like a lovely piece of hardware. Ruth Milner Systems Manager University of Toronto Physics