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From: aven@CINCOM.UMD.EDU ("TODD AVEN")
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: re: VAXstation 100 info/parts wanted
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Date: 10 Jun 88 22:12:00 GMT
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If you value your VAX, you won't put the Fiber-optic adapter for the
VS100 in your Unibus!!! At the Univ. of MD High Energy Physics dept. a
few years ago I had the *honor* of getting it removed. It was a poor
design that loaded down the VAX processor with all screen handling. If
a user on the VAXstation moved a window around on the screen, he got most
of the CPU! And that was a 780. Just awful!

Todd Aven
the Software Sweatshop
...with offices conveniently located in Manhattan and Long Beach, NY.
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