MV-III CPU vs RD53 drives

From: Clint Wolff <vaxman_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Wed Jan 2 17:10:23 2002

Yes, you will need a local disk or more memory. 8MB isn't enough
to run without swapping, and swapping across the ethernet is
painful. Even running with only a local swap drive is pretty
painful....

I'd suggest you buy a SCSI controller (they typically go for
$150+ on ebay), and hang a 1.2GB SCSI drive off it. You get the
performance and reliability of modern drives to go with a
reasonably fast CPU :)

Clint

On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Doc wrote:

> On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Zane H. Healy wrote:
>
> > I've an opinion, but it's probably not what you want to hear. No amount of
> > RD53's is worth a KA650 CPU! I'd personally value a MicroVAX I CPU higher
> > than RD53 drives. Now an RQDX1 or RQDX2 for a RD53 might be more like i.
>
> Well, that's sort of my [untutored] view too, but hey. I guess it's
> what you want & when. He's doing strictly PDP stuff, so the VAX boards
> are gathering dust.
> I also forgot to ask the other pertinent question. Assuming I can
> replace the DEQNA ethernet adapter, do I *need* local disks? I'm
> thinking a TK50, and a remote filesystem. MFM drives have never tripped
> my trigger.
>
> Doc
>
>
Received on Wed Jan 02 2002 - 17:10:23 GMT