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Article #39Re: Unisys 6000/65 + SVR4
From: Tony Shepps
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 23:11
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 23:11
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> Looking for someone who is diddling with the new 65 boxes. I've
> heard that there aren't many outside K-Mart. Anyone familiar
> with these interesting machines?
I supported them for a while. IMO, they're a good way to extend power of
an Intel-based system through the use of brute force.
Because you can have up to 5 CPUs, they're pretty good at cruching CPU-bound
jobs. I/O-bound jobs don't see as much of a gain, because only the first
CPU (the "master" CPU) can talk to the I/O processor. This unlike the
Sequent solution, where all CPUs can do I/O.
The SVR4 OS seems pretty reliable -- not many problems reported with it.
Most support issues were more or less related to everyone getting used to
release 4 -- so much has changed! Basically, you have to re-learn Unix.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!udel!gvls1!tredysvr!cellar!toad From: toad@cellar.org (Tony Shepps) Newsgroups: comp.sys.unisys Subject: Re: Unisys 6000/65 + SVR4 Message-ID: <BmZ7iB6w164w@cellar.org> Date: 13 Apr 92 23:11:46 GMT References: <P2N5iB2w164w@bluemoon.rn.com> Sender: root@cellar.UUCP (Superuser) Organization: The Cellar BBS and public access system Lines: 20