On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 12:18 AM Warner Losh via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > I had accounts on a MicroVAX 2 and a VAX 11/750. The microvax was faster > for most compute jobs, but the 750 with 1/4 the memory handled more users > mostly in text editors with the occasional compile or nroff/troff jobs. > IIRC, the 750 had faster disks...
I'll agree with that. We used to run 40-50 users on our 8MB 11/750 (with both CMI and Unibus disk) but it did do some swapping over 8-10 users. The MicroVAX II was a pretty snappy single-user machine, but was a big sluggish over 4 users. Our big compute jobs were running compilers. Most of our user load was VMS MAIL, EDT, MASS-11... -ethan
