[Simh] Questions on SIMH VAX

[Carl Lowenstein]

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Hittner, David T (IS)
<david.hittner at ngc.com> wrote:
> Be careful if you are using the wireless NIC of the netbook. Read the
> SIMH FAQ about wireless Ethernet, particularly the info about Decnet
> Phase IV compatibility, and be prepared to adjust cluster timeouts as
> required; significant delays can occur during wireless disruptions.
>
> As to VUPs, the netbook can't be worse than a VAX-780 :-)

Surely you jest.  The speed of CPUs has increased by three orders of
magnitude since the days of the VAX-780.  Measured nowadays in GHz not
MHz.  So it would take a lot of interpretive overhead to throw that away.

As I recall, the 780 was about 0.5 MHz, and the run-of-the-mill
netbooks are 1.6 GHz.

   carl
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   carl lowenstein         marine physical lab     u.c. san diego
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