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Article #1021vs3520 ucode & processor questions
From: Jeffrey Kowalski
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 01:01
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 01:01
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Hi, FIRST: I've got a Firefox (vs3520) running Ultrix. It's supposed to be a fast graphics machine, but it seems slow running decwindows. When I run Xgb (the X server for this type of machine), I get an error saying that it can't find microcode /usr/lib/ucode/vs3520. It runs without it, but I have a feeling that it's running "dumb," i.e. it's not using the double buffer, super-slicko hardware. I've hunted everywhere and cant find the ucode. So, what's the scoop? NEXT: the 3520 is a 2 processor machine, but I can't tell. I mean, it sez that "processor b is started," but a ps gives no indication of parallelization, even at the processor level. On a Gould, a ps will tell you which cpu your job's on. So what gives? Does the machine run both cpus or not really. Please help. Running slowly, jeff please respond via email, since I don't read news often.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!mailrus!cornell!kowalski From: kowalski@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Jeffrey Kowalski) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: vs3520 ucode & processor questions Message-ID: <35139@cornell.UUCP> Date: 14 Dec 89 01:01:52 GMT Sender: nobody@cornell.UUCP Reply-To: kowalski@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Jeffrey Kowalski) Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY Lines: 24