[SunRescue] Re: rescue digest, Vol 1 #1113 - 14 msgs

[Björn Ramqvist]

"Kevin P. Inscoe" wrote:
> 
> > >VMS is just RSX-11 on steroids.  TOPS-10 forever!
> >
> > What do you think was good about TOPS-10? I've never used it,
> > and I'm curious.
> 
> Actually I thought TOPS-20 was better. 36-bit. Only 36-bit machine I was
> aware of. I late managed a VAX 8650 (Venus) which was supposed to be a
> DEC TOPS but the project got cancled and it became a VAX a very fast VAX
> at the time!

...and unstable. My customer had one of these a couple of years ago
(10?) and you only need to walk by it for it to go down. The Digital
field guys couldn't get it stable either, so they went for a brand-new
VAX 6000-310 just about when they came out.
(which later became a 6000-320, and a 6000-410, and a 6000-420, which
was replaced by two all-so-mighty VAX 7000's.)

/Bjorn