VAX (Was: Cromemco landmarks)

From: Carlos Murillo <cmurillo_at_emtelsa.multi.net.co>
Date: Mon Nov 12 21:10:50 2001

At 08:20 AM 11/12/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Carlos,
>
>Both have the FPU. It was optional only in the sense that it was not
>required for a minimal cpu.
>
>Allison
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Carlos Murillo <cmurillo_at_emtelsa.multi.net.co>
>>Aha! So, if I were doing numerical linear algebra in a uVaxII w/o the
>optional
>>FPU, I could expect performance to be badly hit with respect to the 0.9 VUP
>>rating.
>>How do I know if my Vaxstation 2000 has the optional FPU? What is
>>its model number?
>>
>>What about the Vaxstation 4000/60? Does it have a built-in FPU?

Thanks Allison! That's one more reason not to put off the task
of burning the ROMs with the p2k driver modifications for my
vaxstation 2000. I am sure it will be slow, running vms 5.5
with just 6MB, but what the heck--I won't care. I really
want that machine up again.

carlos.

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Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo_at_nospammers.ieee.org
Received on Mon Nov 12 2001 - 21:10:50 GMT