Benchmark Wars (was Re: gauging interest in VAX 6000-530)

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Mon Oct 25 12:02:47 1999

>> <> If you're doing ray tracing, get a fast PC.
>> <> If you're timesharing dozens of people, a VAX is not a bad choice.
>> <
>> <I remain unconvinced(!).
>
>Wait! What I'm saying is that if you were sufficiently motivated, you could
>very well timeshare dozens of people on a PC.

I have a dozen or so PS/2 model 95 servers, which are 486 either DX2-66 or
a slightly faster DX50, and what I have been told is that routinely each
machine would serve between 50 and 100 clients in a common business
environment.

When I get a bit more time I am anxious to see what they will do running
semimodern software as some sort of web or ftp server.
Received on Mon Oct 25 1999 - 12:02:47 BST