[SunRescue] Sun4c support dropped in Solaris 8?

[Bjrn Ramqvist]

Jonathan [no, I don't write for /.] Katz wrote:
> 
> 10 years of single OS support isn't bad at all.... it really bodes well
> for the longevity of the hardware as well as the superiority of the
> architecture design. Good marketing helps, too.
> 
> Trivia time? What would be the longest supported/produced architecture?
> Probably DEC's VAX or PDP-11 line? [ I don't know the answer ] Any other
> ideas?

Oh yes. You can still run your favourite VAX 11/780 -76 on OpenVMS/VAX
7.2. Although, there could be some memory considerations, which would
limit the overall usefullness of such a combination. :-)
(Oh, did someone say 'speed'?)

VAX 11/780 -76'.. sounds almost like a car. :-)


	/Regards, Bjorn