11 Feb
2020
11 Feb
'20
3:56 p.m.
On Feb 11, 2020, at 2:35 PM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
The 78032? Oh heck yes it was slower than the "big boys". But it got an entire VAX processor, with FPU and 1MB of RAM, on a single board for a fraction of the price of any of the "big boys". It enabled the deskside and desktop VAXen, etc. Remember, there's more to life than just speed! ;)
I didn't say it was bad! Everything in engineering is a tradeoff, and that was a very wise one, because they sold a LOT of them (and made quite a few dedicated customers). - Dave