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[Eric Dittman]

> > >   Bad comparison...A VAX isn't a mainframe (the general architectural
> > > differences are HUGE), and the VAX 8800 isn't a particularly fast
> > > machine.
> > 
> > As someone that has to keep an 8820 running in production, I'll
> > have to agree.  The 88x0 systems are definitely slow (and power
> > hungry).
> 
>   We're talking circa 1986, here...~6 VUPs per CPU in an 8800...it was
> great for the era, but not so much now.  Still cool machines, though.
> 
>   What are you using the 8820 for, if you don't mind my asking?

It is a client's system.  They are running a database that
can't be licensed on a new system.  The problem isn't that
the database won't run on a newer system, the problem is the
vendor won't transfer the old license or sell a new one.
-- 
Eric Dittman
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