[geeks] DaveM: Crays up?

[Eric Dittman]

> >>> For applications that didn't rely on special hardware,
> >>> the transition from VAX to Alpha was largely uneventful
> >>> for VMS.  For ELN, the migration was to VxWorks, IIRC.
> >>> I used VAXELN, but I didn't do any realtime on the Alpha.
> >>
> >>    Huh?  VxWorks from WindRiver Systems?  Did DEC sell and/or support
> >> VxWorks?
> >
> > I think so, but then again I did say "IIRC".  I haven't done
> > any realtime since VAXELN.
> 
>    I still can't wrap my brain around the concept of doing realtime 
> processing on a machine with the interrupt latency of a VAX.  I love 
> 'em, but quick to service interrupts they ain't. :-(

They were quite popular at one time.
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