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Title:Working for Digital in the UK
Notice:DIGITAL Stock quote: $35 1/8 on 10/01 at 18:04 eastern.
Moderator:WOTVAX::HILTONo.dec.com::hiltong
Created:Fri Sep 11 1992
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1443
Total number of notes:35591

1387.0. "BusinessLink Europe" by BBPBV1::WALLACE (A 4100? Yes sir, Dell or Digital?) Mon Jan 13 1997 13:23

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1387.1A quick and dirty conversion.KERNEL::TOYNTONAMon Jan 13 1997 18:5211
1387.2CHEFS::KERRELLDTo infinity and beyond...Mon Jan 13 1997 20:536
1387.3This is serious (if irrelevant to the topic...)BBPBV1::WALLACEMon Jan 13 1997 22:1817
1387.4POMPY::LESLIETue Jan 14 1997 11:464
1387.5COMICS::CORNEJWhat's an Architect?Tue Jan 14 1997 13:099
1387.6We use 0.60 at the moment. I believe it is really 0.592.CHEFS::CROSSAAs Bob is my witless!Tue Jan 14 1997 13:105
1387.7COMICS::CORNEJWhat's an Architect?Tue Jan 14 1997 13:226
1387.8back to DBLWOTVAX::WATSONTue Jan 14 1997 13:3813
1387.9WOTVAX::DODDTue Jan 14 1997 15:4314
1387.10If it works, change it!CHEFS::MILLER_NWed Jan 15 1997 13:5436
1387.11WOTVAX::DODDWed Jan 15 1997 15:047
1387.12Progress, Geneva style. Or: how to engage your employees (not)BBPBV1::WALLACEWed Jan 15 1997 15:1413
1387.13more agreementWOTVAX::WATSONThu Jan 16 1997 14:499
1387.14POMPY::LESLIEandy@reboot.demon.co.ukThu Jan 23 1997 15:2211
1387.15?CHEFS::CROSSAAs Bob is my witless!Thu Jan 23 1997 15:249
1387.16POMPY::LESLIEandy@reboot.demon.co.ukThu Jan 23 1997 15:317
1387.17A solution......for now.CHEFS::CROSSAAs Bob is my witless!Thu Jan 23 1997 15:5816
1387.18POMPY::LESLIEandy@reboot.demon.co.ukThu Jan 23 1997 16:036
1387.20POMPY::LESLIEandy@reboot.demon.co.ukThu Jan 23 1997 17:362
1387.21start at http://www.bbp.dec.com, then PartnerWebBBPBV1::WALLACEjohn wallace @ bbp. +44 860 675093Thu Jan 23 1997 17:4017
1387.22POMPY::LESLIEandy@reboot.demon.co.ukThu Jan 23 1997 18:014
1387.23WOTVAX::HILTONSave Water, drink beerThu Jan 23 1997 19:441
1387.24POMPY::LESLIEandy@reboot.demon.co.ukFri Jan 24 1997 10:251
    AlphaServer 2000 + 2100's.
1387.25It's special memoryWOTVAX::HILTONSave Water, drink beerFri Jan 24 1997 12:4210
    I believe the Alpha memory is different from average PC style memory
    you can get on the street.
    
    From the Sable note's conf:
    
    However, a patented feature in the memory eliminates the memory read
    cycle for sequential accesses. This eliminated the read latency of the
    DRAMs from the bus transaction thus the read transaction is reduced to
    the bus overhead.
    
1387.26POMPY::LESLIEandy@reboot.demon.co.ukFri Jan 24 1997 17:032
    Powermark quote 128mb matched DEC memory for the AlphaServer 2000 at
    950 UKP. DEC price is 4,406 UKP.
1387.27BBPBV1::WALLACEjohn wallace @ bbp. +44 860 675093Fri Jan 24 1997 19:531
    Just remember who pays your wages.
1387.28POMPY::LESLIEandy@reboot.demon.co.ukMon Jan 27 1997 13:361
    Customers pay mine. WHo pays yours?
1387.29Good News ... Bad NewsTMCUKA::ROWELLPaul Rowell @BBPThu Feb 27 1997 11:5218
    Well I recieved a mail this morning promising wonderful new response
    times etc. from a new businesslink server based in Reading. Great, I
    thought someone has listened!
    
    WRONG!
    
    The site is currently returning:
    
    Connection failed
    
    No space left on drive
    
    Remote site unavailable
    
    PS Is the gateway to internet that was promised for UK in existence
    yet, and if so what should I be using for my proxy server?
    
    -Paul
1387.30COMICS::CORNEJWhat's an Architect?Thu Feb 27 1997 12:378
    I read the same mail and had the same errors.....maybe it is just too
    popular :-)
    
    There seems to be a proxy at  reo-pxy-1.reo.dec.com  that appears
    to be quicker to some external places,  but I don't know if it has
    its own link to the Internet.
    
    Jc
1387.31WOTVAX::HILTONSave Water, drink beerThu Feb 27 1997 13:393
    www-proxy.reo.dec.com
    
    I use
1387.32QUICHE::PITTAlph a ha is better than no VAX!Thu Feb 27 1997 14:3317
It does have its own connection to the Internet via Internet Service Provider
"The Planet".

As for whether you "should" use it, my own experience is as follows:

1) In the morning, UK access to UK servers is better via reo than pa.
2) In the morning, UK access to US servers is better via pa than reo.
3) In the afternoon, its anybody's guess which is better for where, but I have
certainly seen cases where UK access to a UK server was better via pa than reo!!!

As for access to Europe, I don't know.

It all depends on whether our internal bandwidth across the Atlantic is "better"
than the Internet bandwidth.  "better" is a combination of how big the pipe is,
and how many other people are contending for it ...

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