Prints for an 11/70

From: Pat Finnegan <pat_at_purdueriots.com>
Date: Wed Dec 12 16:35:49 2001

On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Boatman on the River of Suck wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
>
> > > Blatent easy way out is emulate that 11/70 on athlon XP 1900+. :-)
> > > Smack me if you dare. :-)
> >
> > That would probably be his cheapest way to attain the speed he wants.
> >
> > <ducks>
>
> And exactly how would you speak to UNIBUS?
>
> Peace... SRidhar
>

How would you talk to unibus without the 300 or more wait states that
would make the 1G processor speed useless anyways? Unless you can hook
real IO devices up to the processor that are of *reasonable* speed, all
you have is a 'souped up adding machine' (to quote _Colossus:_
_The_Forbin_Project)


-- Pat
Received on Wed Dec 12 2001 - 16:35:49 GMT