[geeks] Eeeek

[Dave McGuire]

On April 10, Bill Bradford wrote:
> > That fast? Ragge (NetBSD VAX portmaster) told once that they have a full
> > blown VAX 8800 with 1/2GB RAM up there in north sweden. The RAM test
> > only takes 45 minutes. Usually they bring the machine once a year down
> > to replace broken disks. (There are about 5 to 6 dozen connected to that
> > machine.) 
> 
> Whats sad is that 512 megabytes is no longer a "woah" number.  For that
> VAX, yeah.. but I have a gig in at least two machines here. 8-(

  Yeah, but on a VAX it's still pretty "woah"...the VAX architecture is
*extremely* memory-efficient.  512MB on a VAX is like 1.5GB on a
SPARC...still pretty "woah"! :-)

       -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire              "Anybody who is willing to EAT YOU probably isn't
St. Petersburg, FL         such a good person to be hanging out with." -Sridhar