On 2020-02-12 20:50, David Riley wrote:
On Feb 11, 2020, at 12:20 PM, Jameel Akari via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Like, I can donate or loan an early POWER or a VAX 6000 CPU board (they are both awesome looking artifacts) but now you've got large things next to very small things. ;)
Worth noting that the VAX 6000 isn't a microprocessor, per se; the Mariah chipset, which was also used in a reduced capacity in the uVax 3100-80 (of which I have one), is a multi-chip processor. I think it's actually an interesting illustration of how multi-chip CPU architectures coexisted alongside true (single-chip) microprocessors (e.g. CVAX) for a while while they fought for superiority, but it's probably outside the scope of this exhibit.
Yup, it's definitely out of the scope as its now been described. I threw those examples out there as "you could end up with things like this if you let the scope get too wide." Then you'd have to try to explain to visitors what you just describe. -- Jameel Akari