> On Jan 2, 2022, at 4:20 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
> On 1/2/2022 6:21 PM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote:
>> I am seriously lusting after that VAX-11/780 system on eBay
> I keep thinking about it, but no. The 780 was neat from a historical
> perspective, and the 785 at UMBC (UMBC5) ran Ultrix (and was on the ARPANET,
> not the crappy Bitnet the 8600's were on) but the 780 was really slow. I have
> a Microvax II here that would equal it CPU speed-wise, and the running of the
> main memory on the SBI was cool for the 782 option but was pretty slow.
The VAX-11/780 may be very slow, but it is still still quite a bit faster than
my 11/730. That being said, the 11/730 captures the look and feel of that era
of VAX in a much smaller volume and with a lot lower energy cost.
> Now a Vax 8600 or 8650.... That would be interesting. Partially due to the
> Jupiter angle, partially because it was the fastest MASSBUS system with true
> pdp11 compatibility.
Oh, heck yeah! I'd love to have an 8600 or 8650, and I would see them as the
logical conclusion of the VAX-11/7xx line despite the model number change.
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