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From: campbell@maynard.BSW.COM (Larry Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: VAX 11/730
Message-ID: <982@maynard.BSW.COM>
Date: Fri, 21-Aug-87 07:23:51 EDT
Article-I.D.: maynard.982
Posted: Fri Aug 21 07:23:51 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 23-Aug-87 01:33:17 EDT
References: <1362@killer.UUCP>
Reply-To: campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell)
Organization: The Boston Software Works, Inc.
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Keywords: VAX

In article <1362@killer.UUCP> robertl@killer.UUCP (Robert Lord) writes:
<>Would someone mind giving me some information on a DEC VAX 11/730?  Like
<>how big it is, how much power, could I run it at home or is it a monster?
<>Also, what sort of sortware is availible (OS's I mean) and how many users
<>can it handle?

The 730 is an old and EXTREMELY S-L-O-W VAX -- it runs either VMS or
Ultrix.  It can barely support one user.  On compute-bound benchmarks
my DEC Rainbow (8088-based) outruns it.  We have one at work -- it's
sitting in the closet gathering dust.

A 730 is about the size of a large dishwasher, consumes quite a lot of power,
and has noisy fans.  You'd be much better off buying an AT clone.  You could
buy one every other month with the maintenance charges on a 730.
-- 
Larry Campbell                                The Boston Software Works, Inc.
Internet: campbell@BSW.COM                  120 Fulton Street, Boston MA 02109
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