On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> For *home*? I first laid hands on an 11/730 when it was current, but
> we never drooled over it. Drooled while waiting for it to boot, perhaps...
> (That was fixed by a properly built boot cassette - the one from DEC
> took about 20 min to seek around and find its stuff).
Actually, I didn't have an 11/730 back then. What I did have, though, was
a good deal faster, although slightly less capable. I grew up around a
DEC PDP-11/70. It was an experience I appreciate today.
> It's right up there with the MicroVAX-I for speed!
Yeah, but it was a hell of a lot cheaper and used less power and space
than an 11/750.
> OTOH, it's the second smallest Unibus VAX (the 11/725 is smaller - same
> backplane as the 11/730-Z, but in a roll-around box, not a 19" rack),
> and you could use one in an office/home setting.
I believe that was actually the machine to which I meant to refer. 8-)
Peace... Sridhar
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