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I think the VAX was an icon. I did most of my CompSci undergrad on VAXen running Ultrix. But the VAX and even the later Alpha mnachines were too expensive for i
by throwaway201103 6y ago
I think the VAX was an icon. I did most of my CompSci undergrad on VAXen running Ultrix. But the VAX and even the later Alpha mnachines were too expensive for individuals or small businesses. Their entire business model was built around sales to corporations, government agencies, and academic institutions that wanted and could afford centralized multiuser machines.
- ansible 6y agoAs a sort of microcosm, my undergrad CS started off with a top end dual-VAX, and ended with Sequent Symmetry 386 multi-processor systems that had vastly more processing power and memory.