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From: dipirro@amber.DEC (I'm not overweight...I'm undertall.)
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Subject: VAX 8800
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Date: Tue, 18-Feb-86 17:25:17 EST
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>>The other day, in a cubical near mine, I heard someone talk about a VAX
>>8800 that was about a 12 MIPS machine.  I think he also said that it was
>>out for about a month.  I doubt this very much, but does anyone have
>>information on it?  Is it a rumor as I suspect?
>>
>>			-- Brad Brahms
>>			   usenet: {decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!trwrb!trwspp!brahms
>>			   arpa:   Brahms@usc-eclc
> 
>I think the 8800 uses the Microvax II chip, but has a full size bus,
>(for full-size disk drives).  I think it's about the size of a 750,
>but with 780+ power.  It will also be cheap.
 
That is incorrect. The 8800 is a dual processor with a new VAX cpu. Each
cpu is rated at 6 MIPS (the 8600 was rated at about 4 MIPS and the 8650 is
supposed to be a 40% improvement). The 8300 (I think), which was announced
at the same time as the 8800, is also a new cpu and destined to replace
750s and 780s, using about the same floor space as a 750. I don't remember
the VAX numbers for that, but there is a single processor and double processor
configuration where each cpu is rated at roughly 1.1 MIPS. None of these
machines have anything to do with the uVAX-II chip.

Steve DiPirro
Digital Equipment Corp.