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From: ks@ecn-ee.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: Want info on Pyramid 90/x or Rid - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 14-Apr-84 17:21:06 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr 14 17:21:06 1984
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#R:brl-vgr:-20900:ecn-ee:14600008:000:772
ecn-ee!ks    Apr 14 13:11:00 1984

	/***** ee:net.wanted / brl-vgr!ron /  1:39 am  Apr 14, 1984 */
	It's not hard to be faster and cheaper than a VAX/780.  It's now
	an old machine (more than 6 years!).  Unfortunately DEC hasn't come
	out with a new top end machine but insists on selling you multiple
	780's to do the job.  USELESS!  One 780 not enough for you?  Pay
	twice as much and get 2 780's that perform at about 1.7 times as fast.

	Foo, I doubt we'll buy anymore VAX's.

	-Ron
	/* ---------- */

Why not buy a VAX CPU and build a DUAL VAX-11/780?
I'm not sure of the cost advantage exactly, but I would guess
you would be getting 1.9 Vaxen for the cost of 1.3 or so.

I've seen them make a DUAL Vax over lunch hour around here,
so it can't be too hard.

				Kirk Smith
				Purdue EE
				pur-ee!ks