| Re: OT: recommendations for high preformance workstations [message #54096 is a reply to message #53924] |
Tue, 22 May 2007 17:12  |
Christopher Thom
Messages: 66
Registered: October 2006
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Quoth Andrew Cool:
> On May 10, 12:07 am, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
>> Mirko writes:
>>> It is interesting that there were no mention of Sun or IBM machines
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>> Yeah, or VAX/VMS either. ;-)
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>> Cheers,
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>> David
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>> --
>> David Fanning, Ph.D.
>> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
>> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming:http://www.dfanning.com/
>> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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> David,
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> Last I heard there are still satellites whiizing around above your head
> running VMS on board. (perhaps Wayne can confirm or deny that/)
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> Good reason to have faith in VMS reliability... ;-)
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> Our systems people say that when our Alpha/AXP boxes die, they won't be
> replaced. Trouble is, they're not dying - they just keep plugging away!
I have personally observed on at least 4 telescopes that are run by VAXen
(and 1 that runs on a commodore 64!), and your point is spot on -- they
are quite bomb-proof. The only reason they are slowly being replaced is
because it's impossible to get parts for them, on the rare occasions
something does break.
cheers
chris
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