From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net   
      
   In article <44okQ.831008$QtA1.573001@fx16.iad>,   
   Scott Lurndal  wrote:   
   >[snip]   
   >We tend to be spoiled by modern process densities.   The   
   >VAX 11/780 was built using SSI logic chips, thus board   
   >space and backplane wiring were significant constraints   
   >on the logic designs of the era.   
      
   Indeed.  I find this speculation about the VAX, kind of odd: the   
   existence of the 801 as a research project being used as an   
   existence proof to justify assertions that a pipelined RISC   
   design would have been "better" don't really hold up, when we   
   consider that the comparison is to a processor designed for   
   commercial applications on a much shorter timeframe.   
      
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