Re: Small MicroVAX IIs - what version? - was Re: NetBSD/vax current

[Toby Thain <toby%telegraphics.com.au@localhost>]

On 19/04/14 4:19 PM, David Brownlee wrote:
> ...
> There have been a lot of comments regarding modern NetBSD being much
> slower on slow hardware compared to older versions. Your point that
> there is a lot more functionality is absolutely valid, but presented
> as something of: "Thats It... Just Move On".
>
> For someone who just wants to run a passable *nix to play with on a
> slow VAX,

That's why I started the thread, yes.

> finds the latest NetBSD too slow, the question: "So what
> older version would be fast enough for me", could be perfectly
> reasonable, and only takes someone with a uVAXII and some spare time
> to run some timings and generate a list.

I might get organised to do some comparisons on my 9MB MVII, as I wrote 
earlier, it currently netboots 1.4.1 and runs that quite well.

>  ...
>
> I definitely agree that that current state of recurring unhappy email
> threads regarding modern NetBSD performance on VAX is helping noone.

At the moment I don't have any fact or opinion to say that 1.5+ is not 
going to work well on my MicroVAXes, I was just asking for information 
from people who might have some.

> ...

--Toby