Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!mailrus!cornell!kowalski
From: kowalski@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Jeffrey Kowalski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: vs3520 ucode & processor questions
Message-ID: <35139@cornell.UUCP>
Date: 14 Dec 89 01:01:52 GMT
Sender: nobody@cornell.UUCP
Reply-To: kowalski@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Jeffrey Kowalski)
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY
Lines: 24

Hi,

FIRST:
	I've got a Firefox (vs3520) running Ultrix.  It's supposed
to be a fast graphics machine, but it seems slow running decwindows.
When I run Xgb (the X server for this type of machine), I get an error
saying that it can't find microcode /usr/lib/ucode/vs3520.
	It runs without it, but I have a feeling that it's running
"dumb," i.e. it's not using the double buffer, super-slicko hardware.
I've hunted everywhere and cant find the ucode.   So, what's the scoop?

NEXT:
	the 3520 is a 2 processor machine, but I can't tell.  I mean,
it sez that "processor b is started," but a ps gives no indication of
parallelization, even at the processor level.  On a Gould, a ps will
tell you which cpu your job's on.  So what gives?  Does the machine
run both cpus or not really.

Please help.

Running slowly,
jeff

please respond via email, since I don't read news often.