[geeks] Eeeek

[Dave McGuire]

On April 11, Jochen Kunz wrote:
> > Bringing a mainframe up with a full set of
> > power-on tests takes about half an hour.
> 
> That fast? Ragge (NetBSD VAX portmaster) told once that they have a full
> blown VAX 8800 with 1/2GB RAM up there in north sweden. The RAM test
> only takes 45 minutes. Usually they bring the machine once a year down
> to replace broken disks. (There are about 5 to 6 dozen connected to that
> machine.) 

  Bad comparison...A VAX isn't a mainframe (the general architectural
differences are HUGE), and the VAX 8800 isn't a particularly fast
machine.

    -Dave

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